पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · March 21, 1963 CE

🕉️ Sapta-Mokṣa-Puri · Localize for your Pīṭha
अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: पापमोचनी एकादशी — Pāpamocanī Ekādaśī
Removes mahā-pātakas (great sins).

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 10.35 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
बृहत्साम तथा साम्नां गायत्री छन्दसामहम्।

मासानां मार्गशीर्षोऽहमृतूनां कुसुमाकरः।।10.35।।
"10.35 Of hymns I am Brihatsama, of metres I am Garatri, among the months I am Margasheersha (December), and I am the Spring among seasons." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.35's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2020 Nala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1885 Śobhana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1370
Malayalam Era: 1139
Nanakshahi: 494
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya336.37°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
चन्द्र Candra276.49°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala102.63°KarkaPuṣya P3
बुध Budha327.44°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati334.00°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
शुक्र Śukra296.53°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
शनि Śani296.31°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1

☀️ Howrah, West Bengal — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:41 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:48 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:45 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:18 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:13 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 06 Mins 50 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 53 Mins 10 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:04 – 04:53
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:41 – 05:41
Abhijit Muhūrta11:21 – 12:09
Vijaya Muhūrta13:46 – 14:34
Godhūli Muhūrta17:36 – 18:00
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:48 – 18:18
Amṛta Kāla17:33 – 19:18
Niśīta Muhūrta23:21 – 00:09

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:16 – 14:46
Yamaganda05:41 – 07:12
Gulika Kāla08:43 – 10:14
Varjyam06:12 – 06:31
Dur Muhūrta 08:31 – 08:55

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Vajra (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:41 – 07:12 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:12 – 08:43 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:43 – 10:14 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:14 – 11:45 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:45 – 13:16 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:16 – 14:46 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:46 – 16:17 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:17 – 17:48 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:48 – 19:17 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:17 – 20:46 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:46 – 22:16 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:16 – 23:45 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:45 – 01:14 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:14 – 02:43 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:43 – 04:12 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:12 – 05:41 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 22.5958°
Longitude: 88.2636°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 Cosmic Time — Where This Moment Sits in the Mahāyuga

These five values anchor today within the Sūrya-Siddhānta time-architecture. Kali Year counts from the Kali-epoch (18 Feb 3102 BCE · midnight Ujjain · when Krishna's mortal-form departed). Ahargaṇa is the day-count since that epoch — the canonical time-coordinate used by every Vedic computation on this substrate. Julian Day is the astronomical universal day-number (continuous · no calendar discontinuities). Ayanāṁśa is the angular offset between sidereal (rāśi-based · the Vedic frame) and tropical (equinox-based) coordinates · currently growing at ~50.29″/year as Earth's axis precesses. Sun-Moon angle determines the tithi (0-360° elongation / 12° per tithi).

Kali Year5064 · Kali-5064
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1849644.27 · 5064.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2438109.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.3392° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)302.25° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 26/30)
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate:Vidhyamitra Sūrya-SiddhāntaMethod:Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equationTier-2 localization:spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanāṁśa (23.3392°) · declination -0.12° · EoT -7.84 min · verified ±1 min vs DrikpanchangLineage:Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Maitreya → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara I → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Jyeṣṭhadeva → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrateAccess:Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed (the bhakta's sole niṣkāma-karma-sevā)Computed for:1963-03-21 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)