पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · May 16, 1980 CE

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अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: वृषभ सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛṣabha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Taurus.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 9.26 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
पत्रं पुष्पं फलं तोयं यो मे भक्त्या प्रयच्छति।

तदहं भक्त्युपहृतमश्नामि प्रयतात्मनः।।9.26।।
"9.26 Whatever a man offers to Me, whether it be a leaf, or a flower, or fruit, or water, I accept it, for it is offered with devotion and purity of mind." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.26's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Jyeṣṭha (Jyeṣṭha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2037 Śrīmukha
Śaka Saṁvat: 1902 Raudra
Bengali Saṁvat: 1387
Malayalam Era: 1156
Nanakshahi: 511
Solar Month: Vṛṣabha (Vaikāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvitīyā (2/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Rohiṇī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya31.75°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P2
चन्द्र Candra52.45°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala130.47°SiṃhaMaghā P4
बुध Budha35.15°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati127.12°SiṃhaMaghā P3
शुक्र Śukra67.92°MithunaĀrdrā P1
शनि Śani146.45°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:56 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:10 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:33 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:13 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:39 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 14 Mins 00 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 46 Mins 00 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:10 – 04:03
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:50 – 04:56
Abhijit Muhūrta11:07 – 12:00
Vijaya Muhūrta13:46 – 14:38
Godhūli Muhūrta17:58 – 18:22
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:10 – 18:43
Amṛta Kāla17:55 – 19:40
Niśīta Muhūrta23:07 – 00:00

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:54 – 11:33
Yamaganda14:52 – 16:31
Gulika Kāla06:35 – 08:15
Varjyam05:29 – 05:50
Dur Muhūrta 08:01 – 08:28

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mātaṇga (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala04:56 – 06:35 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha06:35 – 08:15 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:15 – 09:54 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla09:54 – 11:33 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:33 – 13:12 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:12 – 14:52 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:52 – 16:31 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:31 – 18:10 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:10 – 19:31 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:31 – 20:52 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:52 – 22:12 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:12 – 23:33 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:33 – 00:54 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla00:54 – 02:15 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:15 – 03:35 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga03:35 – 04:56 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Dvitīyā + Rohiṇī alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Rohiṇī)

🌌 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 Year5082 · Kali-5082
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1855910.27 · 5081.3 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2444375.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.5788° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)21.35° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 2/30)
🪷 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 (23.5788°) · declination 19.09° · EoT 3.74 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:1980-05-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)