पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · November 30, 1992 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: स्कन्द षष्ठी — Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī
Kārttikeya's victory over Tāraka. Important Shaiva day in Tamil tradition.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.38 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
यद्यप्येते न पश्यन्ति लोभोपहतचेतसः।

कुलक्षयकृतं दोषं मित्रद्रोहे च पातकम्।।1.38।।
"1.38 Although these men, blinded by greed, see no guilt in destroying their kin, or fighting against their friends," — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.38's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2049 Pārthiva
Śaka Saṁvat: 1914 Aṅgirasa
Bengali Saṁvat: 1399
Malayalam Era: 1168
Nanakshahi: 523
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya224.33°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
चन्द्र Candra290.18°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala93.93°KarkaPuṣya P1
बुध Budha208.64°TulāViśākhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati165.67°KanyāHasta P2
शुक्र Śukra266.10°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शनि Śani289.66°MakaraŚravaṇa P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:01 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:52 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:26 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:16 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:24 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 51 Mins 47 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 08 Mins 13 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:34 – 05:17
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:06 – 06:01
Abhijit Muhūrta11:05 – 11:48
Vijaya Muhūrta13:15 – 13:59
Godhūli Muhūrta16:40 – 17:04
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:52 – 17:19
Amṛta Kāla16:37 – 18:22
Niśīta Muhūrta23:05 – 23:48

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:22 – 08:43
Yamaganda10:05 – 11:26
Gulika Kāla12:48 – 14:09
Varjyam06:28 – 06:45
Dur Muhūrta 08:33 – 08:54

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (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):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:01 – 07:22 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:22 – 08:43 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:43 – 10:05 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:05 – 11:26 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:26 – 12:48 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala12:48 – 14:09 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:09 – 15:31 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta15:31 – 16:52 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala16:52 – 18:31 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha18:31 – 20:09 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:09 – 21:48 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla21:48 – 23:26 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:26 – 01:05 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:05 – 02:43 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:43 – 04:22 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:22 – 06:01 (neutral)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 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 Year5094 · Kali-5094
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1860491.27 · 5093.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2448956.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.7540° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)67.63° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 6/30)
🪷 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 (23.7540°) · declination -21.65° · EoT 10.50 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:1992-11-30 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)