पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · August 28, 2002 CE

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🪷 आज: सिंह सङ्क्रान्ति — Siṁha Saṅkrānti
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🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.44 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
भोगैश्वर्यप्रसक्तानां तयापहृतचेतसाम्।

व्यवसायात्मिका बुद्धिः समाधौ न विधीयते।।2.44।।
"2.44 While their minds are absorbed with ideas of power and personal enjoyment, they cannot concentrate their discrimination on one point." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.44's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2059 Manmatha
Śaka Saṁvat: 1924 Citrabhānu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1409
Malayalam Era: 1178
Nanakshahi: 533
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pañcamī (20/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Aśvinī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vṛddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya130.69°SiṃhaMaghā P4
चन्द्र Candra6.86°MeṣaAśvinī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala125.11°SiṃhaMaghā P2
बुध Budha157.44°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati101.70°KarkaPuṣya P3
शुक्र Śukra176.53°KanyāCitrā P1
शनि Śani63.38°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:18 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:58 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:38 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:00 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:45 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 40 Mins 26 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 19 Mins 34 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:36 – 04:27
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:14 – 05:18
Abhijit Muhūrta11:12 – 12:03
Vijaya Muhūrta13:44 – 14:35
Godhūli Muhūrta17:46 – 18:10
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:58 – 18:30
Amṛta Kāla17:43 – 19:28
Niśīta Muhūrta23:12 – 00:03

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:38 – 13:13
Yamaganda06:53 – 08:28
Gulika Kāla10:03 – 11:38
Varjyam05:49 – 06:10
Dur Muhūrta 08:15 – 08:40

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (Auspicious)
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):
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):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha05:18 – 06:53 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta06:53 – 08:28 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:28 – 10:03 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:03 – 11:38 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:38 – 13:13 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:13 – 14:48 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:48 – 16:23 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:23 – 17:58 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:58 – 19:23 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:23 – 20:48 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:48 – 22:13 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:13 – 23:38 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:38 – 01:03 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:03 – 02:28 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:28 – 03:53 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg03:53 – 05:18 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Pañcamī + Aśvinī alignment also occurred on:
-3101-02-18Kali Yuga Epoch (same Aśvinī)

🌌 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 Year5104 · Kali-5104
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1864049.27 · 5103.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2452514.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8901° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)239.93° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 20/30)
🪷 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 (23.8901°) · declination 9.83° · EoT -0.81 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:2002-08-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)