पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · August 3, 1997 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: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 9.5 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
न च मत्स्थानि भूतानि पश्य मे योगमैश्वरम्।

भूतभृन्न च भूतस्थो ममात्मा भूतभावनः।।9.5।।
"9.5 Nevertheless, they do not consciously abide in Me. Such is My Divine Sovereignty that though I, the Supreme Self, am the cause and upholder of all, yet I remain outside." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.5's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2054 Vikṛti
Śaka Saṁvat: 1919 Īśvara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1404
Malayalam Era: 1173
Nanakshahi: 528
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā (30/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Siddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Nāga
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya106.94°KarkaAśleṣā P1
चन्द्र Candra103.54°KarkaPuṣya P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala179.41°KanyāCitrā P2
बुध Budha134.29°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati294.05°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
शुक्र Śukra138.81°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
शनि Śani356.50°MīnaRevatī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:09 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:17 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:43 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:55 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:04 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 08 Mins 05 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 51 Mins 55 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:24 – 04:16
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:03 – 05:09
Abhijit Muhūrta11:17 – 12:09
Vijaya Muhūrta13:54 – 14:47
Godhūli Muhūrta18:05 – 18:29
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:17 – 18:50
Amṛta Kāla18:02 – 19:47
Niśīta Muhūrta23:17 – 00:09

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:38 – 18:17
Yamaganda11:43 – 13:21
Gulika Kāla15:00 – 16:38
Varjyam05:42 – 06:03
Dur Muhūrta 08:13 – 08:39

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:09 – 06:47 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:47 – 08:26 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:26 – 10:04 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:04 – 11:43 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:43 – 13:21 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:21 – 15:00 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:00 – 16:38 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:38 – 18:17 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:17 – 19:38 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:38 – 21:00 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:00 – 22:21 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:21 – 23:43 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:43 – 01:04 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:04 – 02:26 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:26 – 03:47 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:47 – 05:09 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā + Puṣya 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 Year5099 · Kali-5099
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1862198.27 · 5098.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450663.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8193° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)357.80° · 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 (23.8193°) · declination 17.53° · EoT -5.88 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:1997-08-03 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)