पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · August 25, 2005 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: बलराम जयन्ती — Balarāma Jayantī (Hala-Ṣaṣṭhī)
Birth of Bala-deva, Krishna's elder brother and Saṅkarṣaṇa.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 12.14 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
सन्तुष्टः सततं योगी यतात्मा दृढनिश्चयः।मय्यर्पितमनोबुद्धिर्यो मद्भक्तः स मे प्रियः।।12.14।।
"12.14 Always contented, self-centred, self-controlled, resolute, with mind and reason dedicated to Me, such a devotee of Mine is My beloved." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.14's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2062 Vilambī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1927 Pārthiva
Bengali Saṁvat: 1412
Malayalam Era: 1181
Nanakshahi: 536
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vṛddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya128.02°SiṃhaMaghā P3
चन्द्र Candra18.87°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala20.32°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
बुध Budha109.62°KarkaAśleṣā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati173.81°KanyāCitrā P1
शुक्र Śukra165.35°KanyāHasta P2
शनि Śani100.95°KarkaPuṣya P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:17 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:01 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:39 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:53 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:52 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 43 Mins 44 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 16 Mins 16 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:35 – 04:26
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:13 – 05:17
Abhijit Muhūrta11:13 – 12:04
Vijaya Muhūrta13:46 – 14:37
Godhūli Muhūrta17:49 – 18:13
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:01 – 18:32
Amṛta Kāla17:46 – 19:31
Niśīta Muhūrta23:13 – 00:04

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:14 – 14:50
Yamaganda05:17 – 06:52
Gulika Kāla08:28 – 10:03
Varjyam05:49 – 06:09
Dur Muhūrta 08:15 – 08:40

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (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):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:17 – 06:52 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga06:52 – 08:28 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:28 – 10:03 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:03 – 11:39 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:39 – 13:14 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:14 – 14:50 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:50 – 16:25 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:25 – 18:01 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:01 – 19:25 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:25 – 20:50 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:50 – 22:14 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:14 – 23:39 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:39 – 01:03 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:03 – 02:28 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:28 – 03:52 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta03:52 – 05:17 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 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 Year5107 · Kali-5107
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1865142.27 · 5106.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2453607.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9319° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)248.66° · 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 (23.9319°) · declination 10.78° · EoT -1.71 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:2005-08-25 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)