पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · August 1, 1980 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: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.27 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
वक्त्राणि ते त्वरमाणा विशन्ति

दंष्ट्राकरालानि भयानकानि।

केचिद्विलग्ना दशनान्तरेषु

संदृश्यन्ते चूर्णितैरुत्तमाङ्गैः।।11.27।।
"11.27 1 see them all rushing headlong into Thy mouths, with terrible tusks, horrible to behold. Some are mangled between thy jaws, with their heads crushed to atoms." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.27's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2037 Śrīmukha
Śaka Saṁvat: 1902 Raudra
Bengali Saṁvat: 1387
Malayalam Era: 1156
Nanakshahi: 511
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pañcamī (20/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya105.36°KarkaPuṣya P4
चन्द्र Candra342.48°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala169.05°KanyāHasta P3
बुध Budha86.14°MithunaPunarvasu P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati138.01°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
शुक्र Śukra62.51°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
शनि Śani150.22°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:08 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:18 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:43 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:25 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:38 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 09 Mins 55 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 50 Mins 05 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:23 – 04:15
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:02 – 05:08
Abhijit Muhūrta11:17 – 12:09
Vijaya Muhūrta13:55 – 14:47
Godhūli Muhūrta18:06 – 18:30
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:18 – 18:51
Amṛta Kāla18:03 – 19:48
Niśīta Muhūrta23:17 – 00:09

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:04 – 11:43
Yamaganda15:00 – 16:39
Gulika Kāla06:47 – 08:25
Varjyam05:41 – 06:02
Dur Muhūrta 08:12 – 08:39

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

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

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:08 – 06:47 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha06:47 – 08:25 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:25 – 10:04 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:04 – 11:43 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:43 – 13:22 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:22 – 15:00 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:00 – 16:39 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:39 – 18:18 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:18 – 19:39 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:39 – 21:00 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:00 – 22:22 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:22 – 23:43 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:43 – 01:04 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:04 – 02:25 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:25 – 03:47 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga03:47 – 05:08 (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 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)1855987.27 · 5081.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2444452.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.5817° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)235.13° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 20/30)
🪷 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 (23.5817°) · declination 18.02° · EoT -6.02 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:1980-08-01 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)