पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · January 28, 1996 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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Also observed today
- भीष्माष्टमी · BhīṣmāṣṭamīPan-Hindu
- पोङ्गल · Pongal / Thai PongalRegional
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 13.2 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाचइदं शरीरं कौन्तेय क्षेत्रमित्यभिधीयते।एतद्यो वेत्ति तं प्राहुः क्षेत्रज्ञ इति तद्विदः।।13.2।।
"13.2 Lord Shri Krishna replied: O Arjuna! The body of man is the playground of the Self; and That which knows the activities of Matter, sages call the Self." — Shri Purohit Swami
📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions
Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2053 Virodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1918 Dhātṛ
Bengali Saṁvat: 1403
Malayalam Era: 1172
Nanakshahi: 527
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)
🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)
| तिथि (Tithi) | Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30) |
|---|---|
| नक्षत्र (Nakshatra) | Bharaṇī Pada 2 |
| योग (Yoga) | Śubha |
| करण (Karaṇa) | Bava |
| वार (Vāra) | Ravivāra (Sunday) |
🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)
| Graha | Longitude | Rāśi | Nakshatra |
|---|---|---|---|
| सूर्य Sūrya | 283.59° | Makara | Śravaṇa P2 |
| चन्द्र Candra | 20.04° | Meṣa | Bharaṇī P3 |
| मङ्गल Maṅgala | 291.64° | Makara | Śravaṇa P4 |
| बुध Budha | 265.66° | Dhanu | Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P4 |
| गुरु Bṛhaspati | 251.78° | Dhanu | Mūla P4 |
| शुक्र Śukra | 321.83° | Kumbha | Pūrva Bhādrapadā P1 |
| शनि Śani | 327.89° | Kumbha | Pūrva Bhādrapadā P3 |
☀️ Howrah, West Bengal — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)
| Sūryodaya (Sunrise) | 06:18 IST |
|---|---|
| Sūryāsta (Sunset) | 17:22 IST |
| Madhyāhna (Solar Noon) | 11:50 IST |
| Candrodaya (Moonrise) | 11:46 IST |
| Candrāsta (Moonset) | 00:46 IST |
| Dinamāna (Day Duration) | 11 Hours 03 Mins 56 Secs |
| Rātrimāna (Night Duration) | 12 Hours 56 Mins 04 Secs |
✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings
| Brahma Muhūrta | 04:49 – 05:34 |
|---|---|
| Prātaḥ Sandhyā | 05:23 – 06:18 |
| Abhijit Muhūrta | 11:28 – 12:12 |
| Vijaya Muhūrta | 13:41 – 14:25 |
| Godhūli Muhūrta | 17:10 – 17:34 |
| Sāyāhna Sandhyā | 17:22 – 17:50 |
| Amṛta Kāla | 17:07 – 18:52 |
| Niśīta Muhūrta | 23:28 – 00:12 |
⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)
| Rāhu Kāla | 15:59 – 17:22 |
|---|---|
| Yamaganda | 11:50 – 13:13 |
| Gulika Kāla | 14:36 – 15:59 |
| Varjyam | 06:46 – 07:03 |
| Dur Muhūrta | 08:53 – 09:15 |
🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa
Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
⭐ 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
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
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha
🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows
| Day-1 Udveg | 06:18 – 07:41 (inauspicious) |
|---|---|
| Day-2 Chala | 07:41 – 09:04 (neutral) |
| Day-3 Labha | 09:04 – 10:27 (auspicious) |
| Day-4 Amṛta | 10:27 – 11:50 (auspicious) |
| Day-5 Kāla | 11:50 – 13:13 (inauspicious) |
| Day-6 Śubha | 13:13 – 14:36 (auspicious) |
| Day-7 Roga | 14:36 – 15:59 (inauspicious) |
| Day-8 Udveg | 15:59 – 17:22 (inauspicious) |
Choghaḍiyā Night Windows
| Night-1 Śubha | 17:22 – 18:59 (auspicious) |
|---|---|
| Night-2 Roga | 18:59 – 20:36 (inauspicious) |
| Night-3 Udveg | 20:36 – 22:13 (inauspicious) |
| Night-4 Chala | 22:13 – 23:50 (neutral) |
| Night-5 Labha | 23:50 – 01:27 (auspicious) |
| Night-6 Amṛta | 01:27 – 03:04 (auspicious) |
| Night-7 Kāla | 03:04 – 04:41 (inauspicious) |
| Night-8 Śubha | 04:41 – 06:18 (auspicious) |
🌐 Coordinates
Latitude: 22.5958°
Longitude: 88.2636°
Timezone: UTC+5.5
🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).
🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance
Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Bharaṇī alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25 — Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)
🌌 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 Year | 5097 · Kali-5097 |
|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch) | 1861645.27 · 5097.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight |
| Julian Day | 2450110.770833 · universal astronomical day-count |
| Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri) | 23.7981° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr |
| Sun-Moon angle (elongation) | 93.74° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 8/30) |
🪷 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 (23.7981°) · declination -18.42° · EoT -12.97 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:1996-01-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)