पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · June 23, 1999 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: मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mithuna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Gemini.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.21 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
अव्यक्तोऽक्षर इत्युक्तस्तमाहुः परमां गतिम्।

यं प्राप्य न निवर्तन्ते तद्धाम परमं मम।।8.21।।
"8.21 The wise say that the Unmanifest and Indestructible is the highest goal of all; when once That is reached, there is no return. That is My Blessed Home." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.21's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2056 Nandana
Śaka Saṁvat: 1921 Pramāthi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1406
Malayalam Era: 1175
Nanakshahi: 530
Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Citrā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya67.32°MithunaĀrdrā P1
चन्द्र Candra183.02°TulāCitrā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala182.77°TulāCitrā P3
बुध Budha92.04°KarkaPunarvasu P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati5.26°MeṣaAśvinī P2
शुक्र Śukra112.14°KarkaAśleṣā P2
शनि Śani19.58°MeṣaBharaṇī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:53 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:24 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:39 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:36 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:07 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 31 Mins 08 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 28 Mins 52 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:05 – 03:59
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:46 – 04:53
Abhijit Muhūrta11:12 – 12:06
Vijaya Muhūrta13:54 – 14:48
Godhūli Muhūrta18:12 – 18:36
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:24 – 18:58
Amṛta Kāla18:09 – 19:54
Niśīta Muhūrta23:12 – 00:06

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:39 – 13:20
Yamaganda06:35 – 08:16
Gulika Kāla09:57 – 11:39
Varjyam05:27 – 05:49
Dur Muhūrta 08:03 – 08:30

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ 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):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha04:53 – 06:35 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta06:35 – 08:16 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:16 – 09:57 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha09:57 – 11:39 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:39 – 13:20 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:20 – 15:02 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:02 – 16:43 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:43 – 18:24 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:24 – 19:43 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:43 – 21:02 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:02 – 22:20 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:20 – 23:39 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:39 – 00:57 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha00:57 – 02:16 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:16 – 03:35 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg03:35 – 04:53 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 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 Year5101 · Kali-5101
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1862887.27 · 5100.4 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2451352.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8456° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)113.43° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 10/30)
🪷 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 (23.8456°) · declination 23.43° · EoT -1.87 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:1999-06-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)