पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · May 7, 1977 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: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.38 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
विषयेन्द्रियसंयोगाद्यत्तदग्रेऽमृतोपमम्।परिणामे विषमिव तत्सुखं राजसं स्मृतम्।।18.38।।
"18.38 That which as first is like nectar, because the senses revel in their objects, but in the end acts like poison - that pleasure arises from Passion." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.38's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2034 Pramoda
Śaka Saṁvat: 1899 Piṅgala
Bengali Saṁvat: 1384
Malayalam Era: 1153
Nanakshahi: 508
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mūla Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya22.84°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
चन्द्र Candra252.11°DhanuMūla P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala344.05°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
बुध Budha13.30°MeṣaAśvinī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati43.44°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
शुक्र Śukra346.75°MīnaRevatī P1
शनि Śani106.97°KarkaAśleṣā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:01 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:06 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:33 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:29 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:12 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 05 Mins 06 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 54 Mins 54 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:16 – 04:09
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:55 – 05:01
Abhijit Muhūrta11:07 – 12:00
Vijaya Muhūrta13:44 – 14:37
Godhūli Muhūrta17:54 – 18:18
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:06 – 18:39
Amṛta Kāla17:51 – 19:36
Niśīta Muhūrta23:07 – 00:00

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:17 – 09:55
Yamaganda13:12 – 14:50
Gulika Kāla05:01 – 06:39
Varjyam05:34 – 05:55
Dur Muhūrta 08:04 – 08:30

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:01 – 06:39 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha06:39 – 08:17 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:17 – 09:55 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg09:55 – 11:33 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:33 – 13:12 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:12 – 14:50 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:50 – 16:28 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:28 – 18:06 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:06 – 19:28 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:28 – 20:50 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:50 – 22:12 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:12 – 23:33 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:33 – 00:55 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg00:55 – 02:17 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:17 – 03:39 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha03:39 – 05:01 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 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 Year5079 · Kali-5079
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1854805.27 · 5078.3 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2443270.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.5365° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)226.43° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 19/30)
🪷 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 (23.5365°) · declination 16.73° · EoT 3.51 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:1977-05-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)