पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · October 12, 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: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 4.4 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाच

अपरं भवतो जन्म परं जन्म विवस्वतः।

कथमेतद्विजानीयां त्वमादौ प्रोक्तवानिति।।4.4।।
"4.4 Arjuna asked: My Lord! Viwaswana was born before Thee; how then canst Thou have revealed it to him?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.4's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2061 Hemalambī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1926 Tāraṇa
Bengali Saṁvat: 1411
Malayalam Era: 1180
Nanakshahi: 535
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya175.14°KanyāCitrā P1
चन्द्र Candra149.22°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala166.19°KanyāHasta P2
बुध Budha179.49°KanyāCitrā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati159.98°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
शुक्र Śukra135.76°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
शनि Śani92.63°KarkaPunarvasu P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:32 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:14 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:23 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:32 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:46 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 42 Mins 17 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 17 Mins 43 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:58 – 04:45
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:33 – 05:32
Abhijit Muhūrta10:59 – 11:46
Vijaya Muhūrta13:20 – 14:07
Godhūli Muhūrta17:02 – 17:26
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:14 – 17:43
Amṛta Kāla16:59 – 18:44
Niśīta Muhūrta22:59 – 23:46

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:18 – 15:46
Yamaganda08:27 – 09:55
Gulika Kāla11:23 – 12:51
Varjyam06:01 – 06:20
Dur Muhūrta 08:15 – 08:39

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ 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):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga05:32 – 06:59 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg06:59 – 08:27 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:27 – 09:55 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha09:55 – 11:23 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:23 – 12:51 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla12:51 – 14:18 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:18 – 15:46 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:46 – 17:14 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:14 – 18:46 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:46 – 20:18 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:18 – 21:51 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg21:51 – 23:23 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:23 – 00:55 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha00:55 – 02:27 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:27 – 03:59 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla03:59 – 05:32 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 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)1864825.27 · 5105.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2453290.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9198° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)333.39° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 28/30)
🪷 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 (23.9198°) · declination -7.46° · EoT 14.22 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:2004-10-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)