पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · August 18, 1997 CE

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अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: सिंह सङ्क्रान्ति — Siṁha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Leo.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 9.20 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
त्रैविद्या मां सोमपाः पूतपापा

यज्ञैरिष्ट्वा स्वर्गतिं प्रार्थयन्ते।

ते पुण्यमासाद्य सुरेन्द्रलोक

मश्नन्ति दिव्यान्दिवि देवभोगान्।।9.20।।
"9.20 Those who are versed in the scriptures, who drink the mystic Soma-juice and are purified from sin, but who while worshipping Me with sacrifices pray that I will lead them to heaven; they reach the holy world where lives the Controller of the Powers of Nature, and they enjoy …" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2054 Vikṛti
Śaka Saṁvat: 1919 Īśvara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1404
Malayalam Era: 1173
Nanakshahi: 528
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya121.33°SiṃhaMaghā P1
चन्द्र Candra295.34°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala188.48°TulāSvātī P1
बुध Budha142.59°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati292.10°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
शुक्र Śukra156.72°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
शनि Śani356.27°MīnaRevatī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:14 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:06 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:40 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:40 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:53 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 52 Mins 03 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 07 Mins 57 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:32 – 04:23
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:10 – 05:14
Abhijit Muhūrta11:15 – 12:06
Vijaya Muhūrta13:49 – 14:41
Godhūli Muhūrta17:54 – 18:18
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:06 – 18:39
Amṛta Kāla17:51 – 19:36
Niśīta Muhūrta23:15 – 00:06

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla06:51 – 08:27
Yamaganda10:04 – 11:40
Gulika Kāla13:17 – 14:53
Varjyam05:47 – 06:07
Dur Muhūrta 08:15 – 08:40

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta05:14 – 06:51 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla06:51 – 08:27 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:27 – 10:04 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:04 – 11:40 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:40 – 13:17 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:17 – 14:53 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:53 – 16:30 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:30 – 18:06 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala18:06 – 19:30 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:30 – 20:53 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:53 – 22:17 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:17 – 23:40 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:40 – 01:04 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:04 – 02:27 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:27 – 03:51 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala03:51 – 05:14 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Dhaniṣṭhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

🌌 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)1862213.27 · 5098.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450678.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8199° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)173.49° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 15/30)
🪷 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 (23.8199°) · declination 13.14° · EoT -3.53 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:1997-08-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)