पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · December 16, 1986 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: पौष पूर्णिमा — Pauṣa Pūrṇimā (Śākambharī Devī Jayantī)
Manifestation of Devī Śākambharī (vegetation-mother).

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.43 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
शौर्यं तेजो धृतिर्दाक्ष्यं युद्धे चाप्यपलायनम्।दानमीश्वरभावश्च क्षात्रं कर्म स्वभावजम्।।18.43।।
"18.43 Valour, glory, firmness, skill, generosity, steadiness in battle and ability to rule - these constitute the duty of a soldier. They flow from his own nature." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.43's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

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

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya240.11°DhanuMūla P1
चन्द्र Candra57.32°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala320.11°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
बुध Budha225.19°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati322.40°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
शुक्र Śukra198.26°TulāSvātī P4
शनि Śani229.52°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:11 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:56 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:33 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:38 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:06 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 45 Mins 25 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 14 Mins 35 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:44 – 05:27
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:17 – 06:11
Abhijit Muhūrta11:12 – 11:55
Vijaya Muhūrta13:21 – 14:04
Godhūli Muhūrta16:44 – 17:08
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:56 – 17:23
Amṛta Kāla16:41 – 18:26
Niśīta Muhūrta23:12 – 23:55

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:15 – 15:35
Yamaganda08:52 – 10:13
Gulika Kāla11:33 – 12:54
Varjyam06:37 – 06:55
Dur Muhūrta 08:41 – 09:03

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ 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 Roga06:11 – 07:31 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:31 – 08:52 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:52 – 10:13 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:13 – 11:33 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:33 – 12:54 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla12:54 – 14:15 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:15 – 15:35 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:35 – 16:56 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla16:56 – 18:35 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:35 – 20:15 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:15 – 21:54 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg21:54 – 23:33 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:33 – 01:13 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:13 – 02:52 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:52 – 04:31 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:31 – 06:11 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Mṛgaśīrṣā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)
-0562-04-11Bhagavān 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 Year5088 · Kali-5088
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1858315.27 · 5087.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2446780.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.6708° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)178.23° · 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 (23.6708°) · declination -23.29° · EoT 3.72 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:1986-12-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)