पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · June 17, 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: रथ यात्रा — Ratha-Yātrā (Jagannātha Puri)
Jagannātha's annual ratha-yātrā at Puri.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.9 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
कार्यमित्येव यत्कर्म नियतं क्रियतेऽर्जुन।सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा फलं चैव स त्यागः सात्त्विको मतः।।18.9।।
"18.9 He who performs an obligatory action, because he believes it to be a duty which ought to be done, without any personal desire to do the act or to receive any return - such renunciation is Pure." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.9's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2053 Virodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1918 Dhātṛ
Bengali Saṁvat: 1403
Malayalam Era: 1172
Nanakshahi: 527
Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvitīyā (2/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vṛddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya62.33°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
चन्द्र Candra73.18°MithunaĀrdrā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala39.43°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4
बुध Budha39.89°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati261.20°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
शुक्र Śukra52.43°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
शनि Śani342.73°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:52 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:23 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:38 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:37 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:05 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 30 Mins 56 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 29 Mins 04 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:04 – 03:58
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:45 – 04:52
Abhijit Muhūrta11:11 – 12:05
Vijaya Muhūrta13:53 – 14:47
Godhūli Muhūrta18:11 – 18:35
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:23 – 18:57
Amṛta Kāla18:08 – 19:53
Niśīta Muhūrta23:11 – 00:05

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla06:33 – 08:15
Yamaganda09:56 – 11:38
Gulika Kāla13:19 – 15:00
Varjyam05:26 – 05:48
Dur Muhūrta 08:01 – 08:28

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mudgara (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
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 Amṛta04:52 – 06:33 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla06:33 – 08:15 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:15 – 09:56 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga09:56 – 11:38 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:38 – 13:19 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:19 – 15:00 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:00 – 16:42 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:42 – 18:23 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala18:23 – 19:42 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:42 – 21:00 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:00 – 22:19 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:19 – 23:38 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:38 – 00:56 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga00:56 – 02:15 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:15 – 03:33 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala03:33 – 04:52 (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 Year5098 · Kali-5098
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1861786.27 · 5097.4 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450251.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8035° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)13.08° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 2/30)
🪷 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 (23.8035°) · declination 23.38° · EoT -0.61 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:1996-06-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)