पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · May 2, 1998 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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Also observed today
- वैशाखी · Baisakhi (Vaiśākhī)Regional
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 17.20 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
दातव्यमिति यद्दानं दीयतेऽनुपकारिणे।देशे काले च पात्रे च तद्दानं सात्त्विकं स्मृतम्।।17.20।।
"17.20 The gift which is given without thought of recompense, in the belief that it ought to be made, in a fit place, at an opportune time and to a deserving person - such a gift is Pure." — Shri Purohit Swami
📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions
Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2055 Khara
Śaka Saṁvat: 1920 Bahudhānya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1405
Malayalam Era: 1174
Nanakshahi: 529
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)
🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)
| तिथि (Tithi) | Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30) |
|---|---|
| नक्षत्र (Nakshatra) | Punarvasu Pada 3 |
| योग (Yoga) | Śūla |
| करण (Karaṇa) | Taitila |
| वार (Vāra) | Śanivāra (Saturday) |
🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)
| Graha | Longitude | Rāśi | Nakshatra |
|---|---|---|---|
| सूर्य Sūrya | 17.62° | Meṣa | Bharaṇī P2 |
| चन्द्र Candra | 91.41° | Karka | Punarvasu P4 |
| मङ्गल Maṅgala | 20.27° | Meṣa | Bharaṇī P3 |
| बुध Budha | 351.17° | Mīna | Revatī P2 |
| गुरु Bṛhaspati | 325.89° | Kumbha | Pūrva Bhādrapadā P2 |
| शुक्र Śukra | 334.24° | Mīna | Uttara Bhādrapadā P1 |
| शनि Śani | 1.84° | Meṣa | Aśvinī P1 |
☀️ Howrah, West Bengal — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)
| Sūryodaya (Sunrise) | 05:04 IST |
|---|---|
| Sūryāsta (Sunset) | 18:04 IST |
| Madhyāhna (Solar Noon) | 11:34 IST |
| Candrodaya (Moonrise) | 09:49 IST |
| Candrāsta (Moonset) | 23:09 IST |
| Dinamāna (Day Duration) | 12 Hours 59 Mins 43 Secs |
| Rātrimāna (Night Duration) | 11 Hours 00 Mins 17 Secs |
✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings
| Brahma Muhūrta | 03:20 – 04:12 |
|---|---|
| Prātaḥ Sandhyā | 03:59 – 05:04 |
| Abhijit Muhūrta | 11:08 – 12:00 |
| Vijaya Muhūrta | 13:44 – 14:36 |
| Godhūli Muhūrta | 17:52 – 18:16 |
| Sāyāhna Sandhyā | 18:04 – 18:36 |
| Amṛta Kāla | 17:49 – 19:34 |
| Niśīta Muhūrta | 23:08 – 00:00 |
⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)
| Rāhu Kāla | 08:19 – 09:56 |
|---|---|
| Yamaganda | 13:11 – 14:49 |
| Gulika Kāla | 05:04 – 06:42 |
| Varjyam | 05:37 – 05:57 |
| Dur Muhūrta | 08:06 – 08:32 |
🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa
Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala
Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara
🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows
| Day-1 Kāla | 05:04 – 06:42 (inauspicious) |
|---|---|
| Day-2 Śubha | 06:42 – 08:19 (auspicious) |
| Day-3 Roga | 08:19 – 09:56 (inauspicious) |
| Day-4 Udveg | 09:56 – 11:34 (inauspicious) |
| Day-5 Chala | 11:34 – 13:11 (neutral) |
| Day-6 Labha | 13:11 – 14:49 (auspicious) |
| Day-7 Amṛta | 14:49 – 16:26 (auspicious) |
| Day-8 Kāla | 16:26 – 18:04 (inauspicious) |
Choghaḍiyā Night Windows
| Night-1 Labha | 18:04 – 19:26 (auspicious) |
|---|---|
| Night-2 Amṛta | 19:26 – 20:49 (auspicious) |
| Night-3 Kāla | 20:49 – 22:11 (inauspicious) |
| Night-4 Śubha | 22:11 – 23:34 (auspicious) |
| Night-5 Roga | 23:34 – 00:56 (inauspicious) |
| Night-6 Udveg | 00:56 – 02:19 (inauspicious) |
| Night-7 Chala | 02:19 – 03:42 (neutral) |
| Night-8 Labha | 03:42 – 05:04 (auspicious) |
🌐 Coordinates
Latitude: 22.5958°
Longitude: 88.2636°
Timezone: UTC+5.5
🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.
🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance
Today's Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03 — Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)
🌌 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 Year | 5100 · Kali-5100 |
|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch) | 1862470.27 · 5099.3 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight |
| Julian Day | 2450935.770833 · universal astronomical day-count |
| Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri) | 23.8297° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr |
| Sun-Moon angle (elongation) | 71.35° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 6/30) |
🪷 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 (23.8297°) · declination 15.27° · EoT 3.04 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:1998-05-02 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)