पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · April 24, 1985 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 2.18 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
अन्तवन्त इमे देहा नित्यस्योक्ताः शरीरिणः।

अनाशिनोऽप्रमेयस्य तस्माद्युध्यस्व भारत।।2.18।।
"2.18 The material bodies which this Eternal, Indestructible, Immeasurable Spirit inhabits are all finite. Therefore fight, O Valiant Man!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2042 Bahudhānya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1907 Krodhana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1392
Malayalam Era: 1161
Nanakshahi: 516
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya10.17°MeṣaAśvinī P4
चन्द्र Candra51.81°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala34.95°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
बुध Budha345.18°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati291.57°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
शुक्र Śukra342.58°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
शनि Śani212.40°VṛścikaViśākhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:10 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:01 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:35 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:39 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:04 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 50 Mins 48 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 09 Mins 12 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:27 – 04:18
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:06 – 05:10
Abhijit Muhūrta11:09 – 12:01
Vijaya Muhūrta13:44 – 14:35
Godhūli Muhūrta17:49 – 18:13
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:01 – 18:33
Amṛta Kāla17:46 – 19:31
Niśīta Muhūrta23:09 – 00:01

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:35 – 13:11
Yamaganda06:46 – 08:22
Gulika Kāla09:59 – 11:35
Varjyam05:42 – 06:02
Dur Muhūrta 08:10 – 08:35

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
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):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha05:10 – 06:46 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta06:46 – 08:22 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:22 – 09:59 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha09:59 – 11:35 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:35 – 13:11 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:11 – 14:48 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:48 – 16:24 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:24 – 18:01 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:01 – 19:24 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:24 – 20:48 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:48 – 22:11 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:11 – 23:35 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:35 – 00:59 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha00:59 – 02:22 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:22 – 03:46 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg03:46 – 05:10 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 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 Year5087 · Kali-5087
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1857714.27 · 5086.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2446179.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.6478° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)45.13° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 4/30)
🪷 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 (23.6478°) · declination 12.79° · EoT 1.80 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:1985-04-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)