पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · May 21, 2003 CE

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अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: वृषभ सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛṣabha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Taurus.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 9.19 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
तपाम्यहमहं वर्षं निगृह्णाम्युत्सृजामि च।

अमृतं चैव मृत्युश्च सदसच्चाहमर्जुन।।9.19।।
"9.19 I am the Heat of the Sun, I release and hold back the Rains. I am Death and Immortality; I am Being and Not-Being." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.19's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Jyeṣṭha (Jyeṣṭha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2060 Durmukhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1925 Subhānu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1410
Malayalam Era: 1179
Nanakshahi: 534
Solar Month: Vṛṣabha (Vaikāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya35.70°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
चन्द्र Candra281.77°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala292.76°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
बुध Budha17.13°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati107.32°KarkaAśleṣā P1
शुक्र Śukra11.64°MeṣaAśvinī P4
शनि Śani64.28°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:55 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:12 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:33 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:28 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:28 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 17 Mins 44 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 42 Mins 16 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:08 – 04:01
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:48 – 04:55
Abhijit Muhūrta11:07 – 12:00
Vijaya Muhūrta13:46 – 14:40
Godhūli Muhūrta18:00 – 18:24
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:12 – 18:46
Amṛta Kāla17:57 – 19:42
Niśīta Muhūrta23:07 – 00:00

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:33 – 13:13
Yamaganda06:34 – 08:14
Gulika Kāla09:54 – 11:33
Varjyam05:28 – 05:49
Dur Muhūrta 08:01 – 08:27

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Saumya (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ 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 Labha04:55 – 06:34 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta06:34 – 08:14 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:14 – 09:54 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha09:54 – 11:33 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:33 – 13:13 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:13 – 14:53 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:53 – 16:33 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:33 – 18:12 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:12 – 19:33 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:33 – 20:53 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:53 – 22:13 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:13 – 23:33 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:33 – 00:54 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha00:54 – 02:14 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:14 – 03:34 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg03:34 – 04:55 (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 Year5105 · Kali-5105
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1864315.27 · 5104.3 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2452780.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9003° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)243.71° · 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 (23.9003°) · declination 20.06° · EoT 3.54 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:2003-05-21 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)