पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · December 11, 1986 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: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.38 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
विषयेन्द्रियसंयोगाद्यत्तदग्रेऽमृतोपमम्।परिणामे विषमिव तत्सुखं राजसं स्मृतम्।।18.38।।
"18.38 That which as first is like nectar, because the senses revel in their objects, but in the end acts like poison - that pleasure arises from Passion." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.38's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2043 Pramāthi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1908 Akṣaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1393
Malayalam Era: 1162
Nanakshahi: 517
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya235.02°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
चन्द्र Candra356.93°MīnaRevatī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala316.66°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
बुध Budha217.86°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati321.84°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
शुक्र Śukra195.42°TulāSvātī P3
शनि Śani228.93°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:08 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:54 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:31 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:23 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:55 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 46 Mins 44 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 13 Mins 16 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:41 – 05:24
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:14 – 06:08
Abhijit Muhūrta11:09 – 11:53
Vijaya Muhūrta13:19 – 14:02
Godhūli Muhūrta16:42 – 17:06
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:54 – 17:21
Amṛta Kāla16:39 – 18:24
Niśīta Muhūrta23:09 – 23:53

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:52 – 14:13
Yamaganda06:08 – 07:28
Gulika Kāla08:49 – 10:10
Varjyam06:35 – 06:52
Dur Muhūrta 08:38 – 09:00

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

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

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:08 – 07:28 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:28 – 08:49 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:49 – 10:10 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:10 – 11:31 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:31 – 12:52 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta12:52 – 14:13 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:13 – 15:33 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha15:33 – 16:54 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta16:54 – 18:33 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla18:33 – 20:13 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:13 – 21:52 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga21:52 – 23:31 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:31 – 01:10 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:10 – 02:49 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:49 – 04:28 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:28 – 06:08 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 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 Year5088 · Kali-5088
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1858310.27 · 5087.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2446775.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.6706° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)119.54° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 10/30)
🪷 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 (23.6706°) · declination -22.96° · EoT 5.99 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:1986-12-11 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)