पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · April 30, 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 16.13 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga
इदमद्य मया लब्धमिमं प्राप्स्ये मनोरथम्।इदमस्तीदमपि मे भविष्यति पुनर्धनम्।।16.13।।
"16.13 This I have gained today; tomorrow I will gratify another desire; this wealth is mine now, the rest shall be mine ere long;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 16.13'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 Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya16.18°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
चन्द्र Candra153.29°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala4.20°MeṣaAśvinī P2
बुध Budha34.42°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati263.93°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शुक्र Śukra57.82°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P2
शनि Śani338.79°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:05 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:03 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:34 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:38 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:47 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 58 Mins 03 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 01 Mins 57 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:21 – 04:13
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:00 – 05:05
Abhijit Muhūrta11:08 – 12:00
Vijaya Muhūrta13:44 – 14:36
Godhūli Muhūrta17:51 – 18:15
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:03 – 18:36
Amṛta Kāla17:48 – 19:33
Niśīta Muhūrta23:08 – 00:00

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:49 – 16:26
Yamaganda08:20 – 09:57
Gulika Kāla11:34 – 13:11
Varjyam05:38 – 05:58
Dur Muhūrta 08:07 – 08:33

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga05:05 – 06:42 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg06:42 – 08:20 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:20 – 09:57 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha09:57 – 11:34 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:34 – 13:11 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:11 – 14:49 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:49 – 16:26 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:26 – 18:03 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:03 – 19:26 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:26 – 20:49 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:49 – 22:11 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:11 – 23:34 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:34 – 00:57 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha00:57 – 02:20 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:20 – 03:42 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla03:42 – 05:05 (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)1861738.27 · 5097.3 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450203.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8017° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)136.94° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 12/30)
🪷 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 (23.8017°) · declination 14.81° · EoT 2.79 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:1996-04-30 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)