पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · December 5, 1995 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 11.23 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
रूपं महत्ते बहुवक्त्रनेत्रं

महाबाहो बहुबाहूरुपादम्।

बहूदरं बहुदंष्ट्राकरालं

दृष्ट्वा लोकाः प्रव्यथितास्तथाऽहम्।।11.23।।
"11.23 Seeing Thy stupendous Form, O Most Mighty, with its myriad faces, its innumerable eyes and limbs and terrible jaws, I myself and all the worlds are overwhelmed with awe." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.23's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2052 Sarvadhāri
Śaka Saṁvat: 1917 Yuva
Bengali Saṁvat: 1402
Malayalam Era: 1171
Nanakshahi: 526
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya228.62°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
चन्द्र Candra26.29°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala249.63°DhanuMūla P3
बुध Budha235.21°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati239.70°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
शुक्र Śukra255.56°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शनि Śani324.34°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:04 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:53 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:28 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:26 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:32 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 49 Mins 22 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 10 Mins 38 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:37 – 05:20
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:10 – 06:04
Abhijit Muhūrta11:07 – 11:50
Vijaya Muhūrta13:17 – 14:00
Godhūli Muhūrta16:41 – 17:05
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:53 – 17:20
Amṛta Kāla16:38 – 18:23
Niśīta Muhūrta23:07 – 23:50

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:11 – 15:32
Yamaganda08:46 – 10:07
Gulika Kāla11:28 – 12:50
Varjyam06:31 – 06:48
Dur Muhūrta 08:35 – 08:57

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Mudgara (Inauspicious)
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):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:04 – 07:25 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:25 – 08:46 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:46 – 10:07 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:07 – 11:28 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:28 – 12:50 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla12:50 – 14:11 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:11 – 15:32 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:32 – 16:53 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla16:53 – 18:32 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:32 – 20:11 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:11 – 21:50 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg21:50 – 23:28 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:28 – 01:07 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:07 – 02:46 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:46 – 04:25 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:25 – 06:04 (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 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 Year5097 · Kali-5097
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1861591.27 · 5096.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450056.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.7961° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)157.63° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 14/30)
🪷 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 (23.7961°) · declination -22.28° · EoT 8.56 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:1995-12-05 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)