पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · April 29, 1978 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 8.7 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
तस्मात्सर्वेषु कालेषु मामनुस्मर युध्य च।

मय्यर्पितमनोबुद्धिर्मामेवैष्यस्यसंशयम्।।8.7।।
"8.7 Therefore meditate always on Me, and fight; if thy mind and thy reason be fixed on Me, to Me shalt thou surely come." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.7's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2035 Prajāpati
Śaka Saṁvat: 1900 Kālayukta
Bengali Saṁvat: 1385
Malayalam Era: 1154
Nanakshahi: 509
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Saptamī (22/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya14.83°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
चन्द्र Candra273.78°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala103.90°KarkaPuṣya P4
बुध Budha352.21°MīnaRevatī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati68.91°MithunaĀrdrā P1
शुक्र Śukra38.87°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4
शनि Śani120.02°SiṃhaMaghā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:06 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:02 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:34 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:24 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:17 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 56 Mins 12 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 03 Mins 48 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:23 – 04:14
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:02 – 05:06
Abhijit Muhūrta11:08 – 12:00
Vijaya Muhūrta13:44 – 14:35
Godhūli Muhūrta17:50 – 18:14
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:02 – 18:35
Amṛta Kāla17:47 – 19:32
Niśīta Muhūrta23:08 – 00:00

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:20 – 09:57
Yamaganda13:11 – 14:48
Gulika Kāla05:06 – 06:43
Varjyam05:39 – 05:59
Dur Muhūrta 08:07 – 08:33

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (Inauspicious)
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):
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 Kāla05:06 – 06:43 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha06:43 – 08:20 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:20 – 09:57 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg09:57 – 11:34 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:34 – 13:11 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:11 – 14:48 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:48 – 16:25 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:25 – 18:02 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:02 – 19:25 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:25 – 20:48 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:48 – 22:11 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:11 – 23:34 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:34 – 00:57 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg00:57 – 02:20 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:20 – 03:43 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha03:43 – 05:06 (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 Year5080 · Kali-5080
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1855162.27 · 5079.3 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2443627.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.5502° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)256.99° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 22/30)
🪷 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 (23.5502°) · declination 14.30° · EoT 2.64 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:1978-04-29 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)