पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · October 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: गोवत्स द्वादशी — Govatsa Dvādaśī (Vaccha Bāras)
Worship of cow + calf; pre-Diwali day.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.72 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
एषा ब्राह्मी स्थितिः पार्थ नैनां प्राप्य विमुह्यति।

स्थित्वाऽस्यामन्तकालेऽपि ब्रह्मनिर्वाणमृच्छति।।2.72।।
"2.72 O Arjuna! This is the state of the Self, the Supreme Spirit, to which if a man once attain, it shall never be taken from him. Even at the time of leaving the body, he will remain firmly enthroned there, and will become one with the Eternal."" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.72's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2057 Vijaya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1922 Vikrama
Bengali Saṁvat: 1407
Malayalam Era: 1176
Nanakshahi: 531
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī (27/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya187.08°TulāSvātī P1
चन्द्र Candra145.50°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala149.26°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
बुध Budha200.11°TulāViśākhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati46.34°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
शुक्र Śukra221.94°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
शनि Śani35.56°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:37 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:05 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:21 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:25 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:44 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 27 Mins 30 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 32 Mins 30 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:05 – 04:51
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:40 – 05:37
Abhijit Muhūrta10:58 – 11:44
Vijaya Muhūrta13:15 – 14:01
Godhūli Muhūrta16:53 – 17:17
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:05 – 17:33
Amṛta Kāla16:50 – 18:35
Niśīta Muhūrta22:58 – 23:44

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:13 – 15:39
Yamaganda08:29 – 09:55
Gulika Kāla11:21 – 12:47
Varjyam06:06 – 06:24
Dur Muhūrta 08:17 – 08:40

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga05:37 – 07:03 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:03 – 08:29 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:29 – 09:55 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha09:55 – 11:21 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:21 – 12:47 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla12:47 – 14:13 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:13 – 15:39 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:39 – 17:05 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:05 – 18:39 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:39 – 20:13 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:13 – 21:47 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg21:47 – 23:21 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:21 – 00:55 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha00:55 – 02:29 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:29 – 04:03 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:03 – 05:37 (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 Year5102 · Kali-5102
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1863376.27 · 5101.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2451841.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8644° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)319.47° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 27/30)
🪷 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 (23.8644°) · declination -11.80° · EoT 16.15 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:2000-10-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)