पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · April 15, 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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🪷 आज: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 15.18 · Chapter 15 · पुरुषोत्तमयोग · Puruṣottama-Yoga
यस्मात्क्षरमतीतोऽहमक्षरादपि चोत्तमः।अतोऽस्मि लोके वेदे च प्रथितः पुरुषोत्तमः।।15.18।।
"15.18 Beyond comparison of the Eternal with the non-eternal am I, Who am called by scriptures and sages the Supreme Personality, the Highest God." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 15.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2053 Virodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1918 Dhātṛ
Bengali Saṁvat: 1403
Malayalam Era: 1172
Nanakshahi: 527
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Bhādrapadā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya1.55°MeṣaAśvinī P1
चन्द्र Candra324.89°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala352.79°MīnaRevatī P2
बुध Budha18.89°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati263.38°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शुक्र Śukra46.69°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
शनि Śani337.11°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:17 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:57 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:37 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:15 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:06 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 40 Mins 21 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 19 Mins 39 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:36 – 04:26
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:14 – 05:17
Abhijit Muhūrta11:12 – 12:03
Vijaya Muhūrta13:44 – 14:35
Godhūli Muhūrta17:45 – 18:09
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:57 – 18:29
Amṛta Kāla17:42 – 19:27
Niśīta Muhūrta23:12 – 00:03

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla06:52 – 08:27
Yamaganda10:02 – 11:37
Gulika Kāla13:12 – 14:47
Varjyam05:49 – 06:09
Dur Muhūrta 08:14 – 08:40

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta05:17 – 06:52 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla06:52 – 08:27 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:27 – 10:02 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:02 – 11:37 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:37 – 13:12 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:12 – 14:47 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:47 – 16:22 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:22 – 17:57 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:57 – 19:22 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:22 – 20:47 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:47 – 22:12 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:12 – 23:37 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:37 – 01:02 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:02 – 02:27 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:27 – 03:52 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala03:52 – 05:17 (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 Year5097 · Kali-5097
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1861723.27 · 5097.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450188.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8011° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)324.44° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 28/30)
🪷 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 (23.8011°) · declination 9.81° · EoT -0.24 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:1996-04-15 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)