पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · August 14, 2004 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: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.60 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
यततो ह्यपि कौन्तेय पुरुषस्य विपश्चितः।

इन्द्रियाणि प्रमाथीनि हरन्ति प्रसभं मनः।।2.60।।
"2.60 O Arjuna! The mind of him, who is trying to conquer it, is forcibly carried away in spite of his efforts, by his tumultuous senses." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.60's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2061 Hemalambī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1926 Tāraṇa
Bengali Saṁvat: 1411
Malayalam Era: 1180
Nanakshahi: 535
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Siddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya117.68°KarkaAśleṣā P4
चन्द्र Candra94.80°KarkaPuṣya P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala128.33°SiṃhaMaghā P3
बुध Budha134.19°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati147.41°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
शुक्र Śukra71.86°MithunaĀrdrā P2
शनि Śani87.39°MithunaPunarvasu P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:13 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:09 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:41 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:31 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:48 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 56 Mins 14 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 03 Mins 46 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:30 – 04:21
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:09 – 05:13
Abhijit Muhūrta11:15 – 12:07
Vijaya Muhūrta13:51 – 14:42
Godhūli Muhūrta17:57 – 18:21
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:09 – 18:42
Amṛta Kāla17:54 – 19:39
Niśīta Muhūrta23:15 – 00:07

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:27 – 10:04
Yamaganda13:18 – 14:55
Gulika Kāla05:13 – 06:50
Varjyam05:46 – 06:06
Dur Muhūrta 08:14 – 08:40

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Prajāpati (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:13 – 06:50 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha06:50 – 08:27 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:27 – 10:04 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:04 – 11:41 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:41 – 13:18 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:18 – 14:55 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:55 – 16:32 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:32 – 18:09 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:09 – 19:32 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:32 – 20:55 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:55 – 22:18 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:18 – 23:41 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:41 – 01:04 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:04 – 02:27 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:27 – 03:50 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha03:50 – 05:13 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 22.5958°
Longitude: 88.2636°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 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 Year5106 · Kali-5106
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1864766.27 · 5105.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2453231.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9175° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)336.28° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 29/30)
🪷 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 (23.9175°) · declination 14.30° · EoT -4.37 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:2004-08-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)