पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · May 4, 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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Also observed today
- मेष सङ्क्रान्ति · Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)Pan-Hindu
- वैशाखी · Baisakhi (Vaiśākhī)Regional
- कूर्म जयन्ती · Kūrma JayantīVaishnava
- चण्डिका जयन्ती · Chaṇḍikā JayantīShakta
- चित्रा पौर्णमी · Citrā PaurṇamīRegional
- वैशाख पूर्णिमा व्रत · Vaiśākha Pūrṇimā VratPan-Hindu
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.28 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
अव्यक्तादीनि भूतानि व्यक्तमध्यानि भारत।
अव्यक्तनिधनान्येव तत्र का परिदेवना।।2.28।।
अव्यक्तनिधनान्येव तत्र का परिदेवना।।2.28।।
"2.28 The end and the beginning of beings are unknown. We see only the intervening formations. Then what cause is there for grief?" — Shri Purohit Swami
📜 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 Pūrṇimā (15/30) |
|---|---|
| नक्षत्र (Nakshatra) | Svātī Pada 1 |
| योग (Yoga) | Siddhi |
| करण (Karaṇa) | Viṣṭi |
| वार (Vāra) | Śanivāra (Saturday) |
🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)
| Graha | Longitude | Rāśi | Nakshatra |
|---|---|---|---|
| सूर्य Sūrya | 19.88° | Meṣa | Bharaṇī P2 |
| चन्द्र Candra | 188.78° | Tulā | Svātī P1 |
| मङ्गल Maṅgala | 41.89° | Vṛṣabha | Rohiṇī P1 |
| बुध Budha | 353.39° | Mīna | Revatī P3 |
| गुरु Bṛhaspati | 292.65° | Makara | Śravaṇa P4 |
| शुक्र Śukra | 344.06° | Mīna | Uttara Bhādrapadā P4 |
| शनि Śani | 211.71° | Vṛścika | Viśākhā P4 |
☀️ Howrah, West Bengal — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)
| Sūryodaya (Sunrise) | 05:03 IST |
|---|---|
| Sūryāsta (Sunset) | 18:05 IST |
| Madhyāhna (Solar Noon) | 11:34 IST |
| Candrodaya (Moonrise) | 17:08 IST |
| Candrāsta (Moonset) | 04:31 IST |
| Dinamāna (Day Duration) | 13 Hours 02 Mins 02 Secs |
| Rātrimāna (Night Duration) | 10 Hours 57 Mins 58 Secs |
✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings
| Brahma Muhūrta | 03:18 – 04:11 |
|---|---|
| Prātaḥ Sandhyā | 03:58 – 05:03 |
| Abhijit Muhūrta | 11:08 – 12:00 |
| Vijaya Muhūrta | 13:44 – 14:36 |
| Godhūli Muhūrta | 17:53 – 18:17 |
| Sāyāhna Sandhyā | 18:05 – 18:37 |
| Amṛta Kāla | 17:50 – 19:35 |
| Niśīta Muhūrta | 23:08 – 00:00 |
⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)
| Rāhu Kāla | 08:18 – 09:56 |
|---|---|
| Yamaganda | 13:11 – 14:49 |
| Gulika Kāla | 05:03 – 06:40 |
| Varjyam | 05:35 – 05:56 |
| Dur Muhūrta | 08:05 – 08:31 |
🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa
Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (Auspicious)
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 · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna
🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows
| Day-1 Kāla | 05:03 – 06:40 (inauspicious) |
|---|---|
| Day-2 Śubha | 06:40 – 08:18 (auspicious) |
| Day-3 Roga | 08:18 – 09:56 (inauspicious) |
| Day-4 Udveg | 09:56 – 11:34 (inauspicious) |
| Day-5 Chala | 11:34 – 13:11 (neutral) |
| Day-6 Labha | 13:11 – 14:49 (auspicious) |
| Day-7 Amṛta | 14:49 – 16:27 (auspicious) |
| Day-8 Kāla | 16:27 – 18:05 (inauspicious) |
Choghaḍiyā Night Windows
| Night-1 Labha | 18:05 – 19:27 (auspicious) |
|---|---|
| Night-2 Amṛta | 19:27 – 20:49 (auspicious) |
| Night-3 Kāla | 20:49 – 22:11 (inauspicious) |
| Night-4 Śubha | 22:11 – 23:34 (auspicious) |
| Night-5 Roga | 23:34 – 00:56 (inauspicious) |
| Night-6 Udveg | 00:56 – 02:18 (inauspicious) |
| Night-7 Chala | 02:18 – 03:40 (neutral) |
| Night-8 Labha | 03:40 – 05:03 (auspicious) |
🌐 Coordinates
Latitude: 22.5958°
Longitude: 88.2636°
Timezone: UTC+5.5
🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk
Bhāgavata 1.3.24 (Buddha as 21st avatāra) + BG 12.13 (compassion) + Dhammapada parallels.
🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance
Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Svātī alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04 — Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)
-0562-04-11 — Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)
🌌 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 Year | 5087 · Kali-5087 |
|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch) | 1857724.27 · 5086.3 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight |
| Julian Day | 2446189.770833 · universal astronomical day-count |
| Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri) | 23.6482° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr |
| Sun-Moon angle (elongation) | 169.62° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 15/30) |
🪷 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 (23.6482°) · declination 15.90° · EoT 3.26 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:1985-05-04 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)