पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · September 13, 1973 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: पितृ पक्ष आरम्भ — Pitṛ-Pakṣa Start
Begin 16-day śrāddha period for ancestors. Bhādrapada Pūrṇimā next-day.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.30 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
गाण्डीवं स्रंसते हस्तात्त्वक्चैव परिदह्यते।

न च शक्नोम्यवस्थातुं भ्रमतीव च मे मनः।।1.30।।
"1.30 The bow Gandeeva slips from my hand, and my skin burns. I cannot keep quiet, for my mind is in tumult." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.30's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2030 Akṣaya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1895 Pramādī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1380
Malayalam Era: 1149
Nanakshahi: 504
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Bhādrapadā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya146.62°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
चन्द्र Candra331.46°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala15.77°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
बुध Budha155.71°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati279.51°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
शुक्र Śukra186.50°TulāCitrā P4
शनि Śani70.44°MithunaĀrdrā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:22 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:42 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:32 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:52 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:51 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 20 Mins 18 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 39 Mins 42 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:43 – 04:33
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:20 – 05:22
Abhijit Muhūrta11:08 – 11:57
Vijaya Muhūrta13:36 – 14:25
Godhūli Muhūrta17:30 – 17:54
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:42 – 18:13
Amṛta Kāla17:27 – 19:12
Niśīta Muhūrta23:08 – 23:57

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:05 – 14:37
Yamaganda05:22 – 06:55
Gulika Kāla08:27 – 10:00
Varjyam05:53 – 06:13
Dur Muhūrta 08:15 – 08:39

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:22 – 06:55 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga06:55 – 08:27 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:27 – 10:00 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:00 – 11:32 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:32 – 13:05 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:05 – 14:37 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:37 – 16:10 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:10 – 17:42 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:42 – 19:10 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:10 – 20:37 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:37 – 22:05 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:05 – 23:32 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:32 – 01:00 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:00 – 02:27 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:27 – 03:55 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta03:55 – 05:22 (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 Year5075 · Kali-5075
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1853473.27 · 5074.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2441938.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.4856° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)184.31° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 16/30)
🪷 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 (23.4856°) · declination 3.92° · EoT 4.75 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:1973-09-13 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)