पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · September 3, 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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🪷 आज: वामन जयन्ती — Vāmana Jayantī
Vāmana's three-step measure of all worlds; Bali's surrender. (= Onam in Kerala.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.38 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
यद्यप्येते न पश्यन्ति लोभोपहतचेतसः।

कुलक्षयकृतं दोषं मित्रद्रोहे च पातकम्।।1.38।।
"1.38 Although these men, blinded by greed, see no guilt in destroying their kin, or fighting against their friends," — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.38's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2055 Khara
Śaka Saṁvat: 1920 Bahudhānya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1405
Malayalam Era: 1174
Nanakshahi: 529
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Saubhāgya
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya136.52°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
चन्द्र Candra271.43°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala104.67°KarkaPuṣya P4
बुध Budha118.80°KarkaAśleṣā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati330.93°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
शुक्र Śukra121.57°SiṃhaMaghā P1
शनि Śani9.45°MeṣaAśvinī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:19 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:52 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:36 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:10 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:01 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 33 Mins 03 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 26 Mins 57 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:39 – 04:29
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:17 – 05:19
Abhijit Muhūrta11:11 – 12:01
Vijaya Muhūrta13:41 – 14:32
Godhūli Muhūrta17:40 – 18:04
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:52 – 18:24
Amṛta Kāla17:37 – 19:22
Niśīta Muhūrta23:11 – 00:01

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:10 – 14:44
Yamaganda05:19 – 06:53
Gulika Kāla08:28 – 10:02
Varjyam05:51 – 06:11
Dur Muhūrta 08:15 – 08:40

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Vajra (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
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 · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:19 – 06:53 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga06:53 – 08:28 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:28 – 10:02 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:02 – 11:36 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:36 – 13:10 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:10 – 14:44 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:44 – 16:18 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:18 – 17:52 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:52 – 19:18 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:18 – 20:44 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:44 – 22:10 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:10 – 23:36 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:36 – 01:02 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:02 – 02:28 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:28 – 03:53 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta03:53 – 05:19 (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 Year5100 · Kali-5100
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1862594.27 · 5099.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2451059.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8344° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)135.89° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 12/30)
🪷 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 (23.8344°) · declination 7.68° · EoT 1.15 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:1998-09-03 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)