पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · May 12, 1988 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: अपरा एकादशी — Aparā Ekādaśī
Boundless (aparā) merit; removes brahma-hatyā even.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 12.9 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
अथ चित्तं समाधातुं न शक्नोषि मयि स्थिरम्।अभ्यासयोगेन ततो मामिच्छाप्तुं धनञ्जय।।12.9।।
"12.9 But if thou canst not fix thy mind firmly on Me, then, My beloved friend, try to do so by constant practice." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.9's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Jyeṣṭha (Jyeṣṭha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2045 Vṛṣa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1910 Vibhava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1395
Malayalam Era: 1164
Nanakshahi: 519
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya27.84°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
चन्द्र Candra337.28°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala299.86°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
बुध Budha48.49°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati21.74°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
शुक्र Śukra65.00°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P4
शनि Śani247.80°DhanuMūla P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:58 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:08 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:33 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:08 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:14 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 10 Mins 23 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 49 Mins 37 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:13 – 04:05
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:52 – 04:58
Abhijit Muhūrta11:07 – 12:00
Vijaya Muhūrta13:45 – 14:38
Godhūli Muhūrta17:56 – 18:20
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:08 – 18:41
Amṛta Kāla17:53 – 19:38
Niśīta Muhūrta23:07 – 00:00

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:12 – 14:51
Yamaganda04:58 – 06:37
Gulika Kāla08:16 – 09:54
Varjyam05:31 – 05:52
Dur Muhūrta 08:02 – 08:29

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

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

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha04:58 – 06:37 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga06:37 – 08:16 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:16 – 09:54 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala09:54 – 11:33 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:33 – 13:12 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:12 – 14:51 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:51 – 16:30 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:30 – 18:08 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:08 – 19:30 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:30 – 20:51 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:51 – 22:12 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:12 – 23:33 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:33 – 00:54 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala00:54 – 02:16 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:16 – 03:37 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta03:37 – 04:58 (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 Year5090 · Kali-5090
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1858828.27 · 5089.3 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2447293.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.6904° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)310.90° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 26/30)
🪷 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 (23.6904°) · declination 18.14° · EoT 3.74 min · city civil-time localizationLineage: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:1988-05-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)