पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · April 21, 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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🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 16.4 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga
दम्भो दर्पोऽभिमानश्च क्रोधः पारुष्यमेव च।अज्ञानं चाभिजातस्य पार्थ सम्पदमासुरीम्।।16.4।।
"16.4 Hypocrisy, pride, insolence, cruelty, ignorance belong to him who is born of the godless qualities." — Shri Purohit Swami
📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions
Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla 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) | Śukla Caturthī (4/30) |
|---|---|
| नक्षत्र (Nakshatra) | Rohiṇī Pada 2 |
| योग (Yoga) | Śobhana |
| करण (Karaṇa) | Vaṇija |
| वार (Vāra) | Ravivāra (Sunday) |
🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)
| Graha | Longitude | Rāśi | Nakshatra |
|---|---|---|---|
| सूर्य Sūrya | 7.42° | Meṣa | Aśvinī P3 |
| चन्द्र Candra | 44.02° | Vṛṣabha | Rohiṇī P2 |
| मङ्गल Maṅgala | 357.37° | Mīna | Revatī P4 |
| बुध Budha | 27.42° | Meṣa | Kṛttikā P1 |
| गुरु Bṛhaspati | 263.68° | Dhanu | Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P4 |
| शुक्र Śukra | 51.56° | Vṛṣabha | Rohiṇī P4 |
| शनि Śani | 337.80° | Mīna | Uttara Bhādrapadā P2 |
☀️ Howrah, West Bengal — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)
| Sūryodaya (Sunrise) | 05:12 IST |
|---|---|
| Sūryāsta (Sunset) | 18:00 IST |
| Madhyāhna (Solar Noon) | 11:36 IST |
| Candrodaya (Moonrise) | 07:21 IST |
| Candrāsta (Moonset) | 20:43 IST |
| Dinamāna (Day Duration) | 12 Hours 47 Mins 39 Secs |
| Rātrimāna (Night Duration) | 11 Hours 12 Mins 21 Secs |
✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings
| Brahma Muhūrta | 03:30 – 04:21 |
|---|---|
| Prātaḥ Sandhyā | 04:08 – 05:12 |
| Abhijit Muhūrta | 11:10 – 12:01 |
| Vijaya Muhūrta | 13:44 – 14:35 |
| Godhūli Muhūrta | 17:48 – 18:12 |
| Sāyāhna Sandhyā | 18:00 – 18:32 |
| Amṛta Kāla | 17:45 – 19:30 |
| Niśīta Muhūrta | 23:10 – 00:01 |
⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)
| Rāhu Kāla | 16:24 – 18:00 |
|---|---|
| Yamaganda | 11:36 – 13:12 |
| Gulika Kāla | 14:48 – 16:24 |
| Varjyam | 05:44 – 06:04 |
| Dur Muhūrta | 08:11 – 08:37 |
🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa
Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Prajāpati (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):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna
🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows
| Day-1 Udveg | 05:12 – 06:48 (inauspicious) |
|---|---|
| Day-2 Chala | 06:48 – 08:24 (neutral) |
| Day-3 Labha | 08:24 – 10:00 (auspicious) |
| Day-4 Amṛta | 10:00 – 11:36 (auspicious) |
| Day-5 Kāla | 11:36 – 13:12 (inauspicious) |
| Day-6 Śubha | 13:12 – 14:48 (auspicious) |
| Day-7 Roga | 14:48 – 16:24 (inauspicious) |
| Day-8 Udveg | 16:24 – 18:00 (inauspicious) |
Choghaḍiyā Night Windows
| Night-1 Śubha | 18:00 – 19:24 (auspicious) |
|---|---|
| Night-2 Roga | 19:24 – 20:48 (inauspicious) |
| Night-3 Udveg | 20:48 – 22:12 (inauspicious) |
| Night-4 Chala | 22:12 – 23:36 (neutral) |
| Night-5 Labha | 23:36 – 01:00 (auspicious) |
| Night-6 Amṛta | 01:00 – 02:24 (auspicious) |
| Night-7 Kāla | 02:24 – 03:48 (inauspicious) |
| Night-8 Śubha | 03:48 – 05:12 (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 Caturthī + Rohiṇī alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09 — Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Rohiṇī)
🌌 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 | 5098 · Kali-5098 |
|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch) | 1861729.27 · 5097.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight |
| Julian Day | 2450194.770833 · universal astronomical day-count |
| Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri) | 23.8014° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr |
| Sun-Moon angle (elongation) | 38.83° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 4/30) |
🪷 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 (23.8014°) · declination 11.90° · EoT 1.19 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:1996-04-21 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)