पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · September 8, 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: सिंह सङ्क्रान्ति — Siṁha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Leo.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.13 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
यज्ञशिष्टाशिनः सन्तो मुच्यन्ते सर्वकिल्बिषैः।

भुञ्जते ते त्वघं पापा ये पचन्त्यात्मकारणात्।।3.13।।
"3.13 The sages who enjoy the food that remains after the sacrifice is made are freed from all sin; but the selfish who spread their feast only for themselves feed on sin only." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.13's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

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

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Navamī (24/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Siddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya141.82°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
चन्द्र Candra67.09°MithunaĀrdrā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala144.25°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
बुध Budha123.99°SiṃhaMaghā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati152.64°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
शुक्र Śukra97.18°KarkaPuṣya P2
शनि Śani90.10°KarkaPunarvasu P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:21 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:47 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:34 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:51 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:19 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 26 Mins 03 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 33 Mins 57 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:42 – 04:31
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:19 – 05:21
Abhijit Muhūrta11:09 – 11:59
Vijaya Muhūrta13:38 – 14:28
Godhūli Muhūrta17:35 – 17:59
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:47 – 18:18
Amṛta Kāla17:32 – 19:17
Niśīta Muhūrta23:09 – 23:59

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:34 – 13:07
Yamaganda06:54 – 08:28
Gulika Kāla10:01 – 11:34
Varjyam05:52 – 06:12
Dur Muhūrta 08:15 – 08:40

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha05:21 – 06:54 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta06:54 – 08:28 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:28 – 10:01 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:01 – 11:34 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:34 – 13:07 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:07 – 14:41 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:41 – 16:14 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:14 – 17:47 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:47 – 19:14 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:14 – 20:41 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:41 – 22:07 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:07 – 23:34 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:34 – 01:01 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:01 – 02:28 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:28 – 03:54 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg03:54 – 05:21 (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 Year5106 · Kali-5106
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1864791.27 · 5105.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2453256.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9185° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)284.95° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 24/30)
🪷 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 (23.9185°) · declination 5.62° · EoT 2.92 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:2004-09-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)