पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · November 12, 2003 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: तुला सङ्क्रान्ति — Tulā Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Libra.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 14.8 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
तमस्त्वज्ञानजं विद्धि मोहनं सर्वदेहिनाम्।प्रमादालस्यनिद्राभिस्तन्निबध्नाति भारत।।14.8।।
"14.8 But Ignorance, the product of darkness, stupefies the senses in all embodied beings, binding them by chains of folly, indolence and lethargy." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2060 Durmukhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1925 Subhānu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1410
Malayalam Era: 1179
Nanakshahi: 534
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Tṛtīyā (18/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya205.33°TulāViśākhā P2
चन्द्र Candra57.60°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala317.89°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
बुध Budha215.59°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati140.91°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
शुक्र Śukra227.43°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
शनि Śani78.96°MithunaĀrdrā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:48 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:55 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:22 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:47 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:14 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 07 Mins 11 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 52 Mins 49 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:19 – 05:03
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:52 – 05:48
Abhijit Muhūrta10:59 – 11:44
Vijaya Muhūrta13:13 – 13:57
Godhūli Muhūrta16:43 – 17:07
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:55 – 17:23
Amṛta Kāla16:40 – 18:25
Niśīta Muhūrta22:59 – 23:44

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:22 – 12:45
Yamaganda07:11 – 08:35
Gulika Kāla09:58 – 11:22
Varjyam06:16 – 06:34
Dur Muhūrta 08:24 – 08:46

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (Inauspicious)
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):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha05:48 – 07:11 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:11 – 08:35 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:35 – 09:58 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha09:58 – 11:22 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:22 – 12:45 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg12:45 – 14:08 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:08 – 15:32 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:32 – 16:55 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg16:55 – 18:32 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:32 – 20:08 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:08 – 21:45 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta21:45 – 23:22 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:22 – 00:58 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha00:58 – 02:35 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:35 – 04:11 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:11 – 05:48 (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)1864490.27 · 5104.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2452955.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9070° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)215.64° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 18/30)
🪷 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 (23.9070°) · declination -17.53° · EoT 15.43 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:2003-11-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)