पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · November 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: अङ्गारक चतुर्थी — Aṅgāraka Caturthī (Tuesday Caturthī)
Tuesday-Caturthī (rare); supremely auspicious for Maṅgala-doṣa-nivāraṇa.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.36 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाच

स्थाने हृषीकेश तव प्रकीर्त्या

जगत् प्रहृष्यत्यनुरज्यते च।

रक्षांसि भीतानि दिशो द्रवन्ति

सर्वे नमस्यन्ति च सिद्धसङ्घाः।।11.36।।
"11.36 Arjuna said: My Lord! It is natural that the world revels and rejoices when it sings the praises of Thy glory; the demons fly in fear and the saints offer Thee their salutations." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.36's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2054 Vikṛti
Śaka Saṁvat: 1919 Īśvara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1404
Malayalam Era: 1173
Nanakshahi: 528
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya211.91°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
चन्द्र Candra76.50°MithunaĀrdrā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala252.85°DhanuMūla P4
बुध Budha231.11°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati290.91°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
शुक्र Śukra258.44°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani350.37°MīnaRevatī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:52 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:53 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:23 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:38 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:05 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 01 Mins 05 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 58 Mins 55 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:24 – 05:08
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:57 – 05:52
Abhijit Muhūrta11:01 – 11:45
Vijaya Muhūrta13:13 – 13:57
Godhūli Muhūrta16:41 – 17:05
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:53 – 17:21
Amṛta Kāla16:38 – 18:23
Niśīta Muhūrta23:01 – 23:45

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:08 – 15:31
Yamaganda08:37 – 10:00
Gulika Kāla11:23 – 12:45
Varjyam06:20 – 06:37
Dur Muhūrta 08:26 – 08:48

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ 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 Roga05:52 – 07:15 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:15 – 08:37 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:37 – 10:00 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:00 – 11:23 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:23 – 12:45 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla12:45 – 14:08 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:08 – 15:31 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:31 – 16:53 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla16:53 – 18:31 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:31 – 20:08 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:08 – 21:45 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg21:45 – 23:23 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:23 – 01:00 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:00 – 02:37 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:37 – 04:15 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:15 – 05:52 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 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)1862305.27 · 5098.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450770.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8234° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)224.82° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 19/30)
🪷 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 (23.8234°) · declination -19.19° · EoT 14.21 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:1997-11-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)