पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · November 7, 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: उत्पन्ना एकादशी — Utpannā Ekādaśī
Birth-day of Ekādaśī Devī herself; first Ekādaśī observed historically.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.27 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
जातस्य हि ध्रुवो मृत्युर्ध्रुवं जन्म मृतस्य च।

तस्मादपरिहार्येऽर्थे न त्वं शोचितुमर्हसि।।2.27।।
"2.27 For death is as sure for that which is born, as birth is for that which is dead. Therefore grieve not for what is inevitable." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.27's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2053 Virodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1918 Dhātṛ
Bengali Saṁvat: 1403
Malayalam Era: 1172
Nanakshahi: 527
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya201.10°TulāViśākhā P1
चन्द्र Candra151.89°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala130.44°SiṃhaMaghā P4
बुध Budha204.12°TulāViśākhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati260.05°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
शुक्र Śukra166.62°KanyāHasta P2
शनि Śani337.38°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:45 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:57 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:21 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)01:59 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:09 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 11 Mins 37 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 48 Mins 23 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:15 – 05:00
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:49 – 05:45
Abhijit Muhūrta10:58 – 11:43
Vijaya Muhūrta13:13 – 13:58
Godhūli Muhūrta16:45 – 17:09
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:57 – 17:25
Amṛta Kāla16:42 – 18:27
Niśīta Muhūrta22:58 – 23:43

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:45 – 14:09
Yamaganda05:45 – 07:09
Gulika Kāla08:33 – 09:57
Varjyam06:13 – 06:31
Dur Muhūrta 08:22 – 08:44

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhātṛ (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ 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 Śubha05:45 – 07:09 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:09 – 08:33 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:33 – 09:57 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala09:57 – 11:21 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:21 – 12:45 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta12:45 – 14:09 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:09 – 15:33 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha15:33 – 16:57 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta16:57 – 18:33 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla18:33 – 20:09 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:09 – 21:45 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga21:45 – 23:21 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:21 – 00:57 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala00:57 – 02:33 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:33 – 04:09 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:09 – 05:45 (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 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)1861929.27 · 5097.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450394.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8090° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)310.48° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 26/30)
🪷 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 (23.8090°) · declination -16.31° · EoT 16.09 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:1996-11-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)