पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · April 6, 1985 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: मीन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mīna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Pisces; Mīna-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.47 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
सञ्जय उवाच

एवमुक्त्वाऽर्जुनः संख्ये रथोपस्थ उपाविशत्।

विसृज्य सशरं चापं शोकसंविग्नमानसः।।1.47।।
"1.47 Sanjaya said: "Having spoken thus, in the midst of the armies, Arjuna sank on the seat of the chariot, casting away his bow and arrow; heartbroken with grief."" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.47's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2042 Bahudhānya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1907 Krodhana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1392
Malayalam Era: 1161
Nanakshahi: 516
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Citrā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya352.54°MīnaRevatī P2
चन्द्र Candra180.53°TulāCitrā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala22.27°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
बुध Budha348.51°MīnaRevatī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati289.03°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
शुक्र Śukra349.37°MīnaRevatī P1
शनि Śani213.42°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:25 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:54 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:40 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:25 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:59 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 28 Mins 34 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 31 Mins 26 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:46 – 04:36
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:23 – 05:25
Abhijit Muhūrta11:15 – 12:05
Vijaya Muhūrta13:44 – 14:34
Godhūli Muhūrta17:42 – 18:06
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:54 – 18:25
Amṛta Kāla17:39 – 19:24
Niśīta Muhūrta23:15 – 00:05

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:33 – 10:06
Yamaganda13:13 – 14:47
Gulika Kāla05:25 – 06:59
Varjyam05:57 – 06:17
Dur Muhūrta 08:20 – 08:45

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mudgara (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:25 – 06:59 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha06:59 – 08:33 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:33 – 10:06 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:06 – 11:40 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:40 – 13:13 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:13 – 14:47 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:47 – 16:20 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:20 – 17:54 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:54 – 19:20 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:20 – 20:47 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:47 – 22:13 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:13 – 23:40 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:40 – 01:06 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:06 – 02:33 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:33 – 03:59 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha03:59 – 05:25 (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 Year5086 · Kali-5086
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1857696.27 · 5086.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2446161.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.6471° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)186.84° · 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 (23.6471°) · declination 6.37° · EoT -2.79 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:1985-04-06 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)