पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · April 24, 2000 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: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.14 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
अधिष्ठानं तथा कर्ता करणं च पृथग्विधम्।विविधाश्च पृथक्चेष्टा दैवं चैवात्र पञ्चमम्।।18.14।।
"18.14 They are a body, a personality, physical organs, their manifold activity and destiny." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.14's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2057 Vijaya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1922 Vikrama
Bengali Saṁvat: 1407
Malayalam Era: 1176
Nanakshahi: 531
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mūla Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya10.32°MeṣaAśvinī P4
चन्द्र Candra250.25°DhanuMūla P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala29.24°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
बुध Budha354.36°MīnaRevatī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati20.65°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
शुक्र Śukra357.47°MīnaRevatī P4
शनि Śani24.39°MeṣaBharaṇī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:10 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:01 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:35 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:14 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:56 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 51 Mins 14 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 08 Mins 46 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:27 – 04:18
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:05 – 05:10
Abhijit Muhūrta11:09 – 12:01
Vijaya Muhūrta13:44 – 14:35
Godhūli Muhūrta17:49 – 18:13
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:01 – 18:33
Amṛta Kāla17:46 – 19:31
Niśīta Muhūrta23:09 – 00:01

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla06:46 – 08:22
Yamaganda09:59 – 11:35
Gulika Kāla13:12 – 14:48
Varjyam05:42 – 06:02
Dur Muhūrta 08:09 – 08:35

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (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):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta05:10 – 06:46 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla06:46 – 08:22 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:22 – 09:59 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga09:59 – 11:35 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:35 – 13:12 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:12 – 14:48 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:48 – 16:24 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:24 – 18:01 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala18:01 – 19:24 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:24 – 20:48 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:48 – 22:12 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:12 – 23:35 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:35 – 00:59 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga00:59 – 02:22 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:22 – 03:46 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala03:46 – 05:10 (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 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 Year5102 · Kali-5102
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1863193.27 · 5101.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2451658.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8574° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)242.51° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 21/30)
🪷 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 (23.8574°) · declination 12.91° · EoT 1.80 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:2000-04-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)