पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · September 12, 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: महालय अमावस्या — Mahālaya Amāvasyā (Sarvapitṛ Amāvasyā)
Final day of Pitṛ-Pakṣa; tarpaṇa for all ancestors.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.18 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
द्रुपदो द्रौपदेयाश्च सर्वशः पृथिवीपते।

सौभद्रश्च महाबाहुः शङ्खान्दध्मुः पृथक्पृथक्।।1.18।।
"1.18 And O King! Drupada, the sons of Droupadi and Soubhadra, the great soldier, blew their conches." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2053 Virodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1918 Dhātṛ
Bengali Saṁvat: 1403
Malayalam Era: 1172
Nanakshahi: 527
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā (30/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Catuṣpāda
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya145.75°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
चन्द्र Candra135.50°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala97.62°KarkaPuṣya P2
बुध Budha156.76°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati254.19°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra101.40°KarkaPuṣya P3
शनि Śani341.24°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:22 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:43 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:33 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:35 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:08 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 21 Mins 02 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 38 Mins 58 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:43 – 04:33
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:20 – 05:22
Abhijit Muhūrta11:08 – 11:57
Vijaya Muhūrta13:36 – 14:25
Godhūli Muhūrta17:31 – 17:55
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:43 – 18:14
Amṛta Kāla17:28 – 19:13
Niśīta Muhūrta23:08 – 23:57

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:05 – 14:38
Yamaganda05:22 – 06:55
Gulika Kāla08:27 – 10:00
Varjyam05:53 – 06:13
Dur Muhūrta 08:15 – 08:40

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:22 – 06:55 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga06:55 – 08:27 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:27 – 10:00 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:00 – 11:33 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:33 – 13:05 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:05 – 14:38 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:38 – 16:10 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:10 – 17:43 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:43 – 19:10 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:10 – 20:38 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:38 – 22:05 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:05 – 23:33 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:33 – 01:00 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:00 – 02:27 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:27 – 03:55 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta03:55 – 05:22 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 22.5958°
Longitude: 88.2636°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā + Pūrva Phalgunī alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā)

🌌 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)1861873.27 · 5097.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450338.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8069° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)349.33° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 30/30)
🪷 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 (23.8069°) · declination 4.13° · EoT 4.38 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:1996-09-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)