पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · April 23, 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 16.6 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga
द्वौ भूतसर्गौ लोकेऽस्मिन् दैव आसुर एव च।दैवो विस्तरशः प्रोक्त आसुरं पार्थ मे श्रृणु।।16.6।।
"16.6 All beings are of two classes: Godly and godless. The Godly I have described; I will now describe the other." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 16.6's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 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 Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya9.37°MeṣaAśvinī P3
चन्द्र Candra68.49°MithunaĀrdrā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala358.90°MīnaRevatī P4
बुध Budha29.61°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati263.76°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शुक्र Śukra53.07°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
शनि Śani338.02°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:10 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:00 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:35 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:48 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:16 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 50 Mins 01 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 09 Mins 59 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:28 – 04:19
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:06 – 05:10
Abhijit Muhūrta11:10 – 12:01
Vijaya Muhūrta13:44 – 14:35
Godhūli Muhūrta17:48 – 18:12
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:00 – 18:32
Amṛta Kāla17:45 – 19:30
Niśīta Muhūrta23:10 – 00:01

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:48 – 16:24
Yamaganda08:23 – 09:59
Gulika Kāla11:35 – 13:12
Varjyam05:42 – 06:03
Dur Muhūrta 08:10 – 08:36

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

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

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga05:10 – 06:47 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg06:47 – 08:23 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:23 – 09:59 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha09:59 – 11:35 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:35 – 13:12 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:12 – 14:48 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:48 – 16:24 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:24 – 18:00 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:00 – 19:24 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:24 – 20:48 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:48 – 22:12 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:12 – 23:35 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:35 – 00:59 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha00:59 – 02:23 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:23 – 03:47 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla03:47 – 05:10 (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 Year5098 · Kali-5098
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1861731.27 · 5097.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450196.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8014° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)61.09° · 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 (23.8014°) · declination 12.57° · EoT 1.60 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:1996-04-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)