पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · May 7, 2006 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: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.37 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
तस्मान्नार्हा वयं हन्तुं धार्तराष्ट्रान्स्वबान्धवान्।

स्वजनं हि कथं हत्वा सुखिनः स्याम माधव।।1.37।।
"1.37 We are worthy of a nobler feat than to slaughter our relatives - the sons of Dhritarashtra; for, my Lord, how can we be happy of we kill our kinsmen?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.37's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2063 Vikāri
Śaka Saṁvat: 1928 Vyaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1413
Malayalam Era: 1182
Nanakshahi: 537
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya22.42°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
चन्द्र Candra132.36°SiṃhaMaghā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala79.42°MithunaĀrdrā P4
बुध Budha9.01°MeṣaAśvinī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati200.40°TulāViśākhā P1
शुक्र Śukra340.07°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
शनि Śani101.15°KarkaPuṣya P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:01 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:06 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:33 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:35 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:11 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 05 Mins 05 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 54 Mins 55 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:16 – 04:09
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:55 – 05:01
Abhijit Muhūrta11:07 – 12:00
Vijaya Muhūrta13:44 – 14:37
Godhūli Muhūrta17:54 – 18:18
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:06 – 18:39
Amṛta Kāla17:51 – 19:36
Niśīta Muhūrta23:07 – 00:00

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:28 – 18:06
Yamaganda11:33 – 13:12
Gulika Kāla14:50 – 16:28
Varjyam05:34 – 05:55
Dur Muhūrta 08:04 – 08:30

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mudgara (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:01 – 06:39 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:39 – 08:17 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:17 – 09:55 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta09:55 – 11:33 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:33 – 13:12 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:12 – 14:50 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:50 – 16:28 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:28 – 18:06 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:06 – 19:28 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:28 – 20:50 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:50 – 22:12 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:12 – 23:33 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:33 – 00:55 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta00:55 – 02:17 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:17 – 03:39 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:39 – 05:01 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 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 Year5108 · Kali-5108
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1865397.27 · 5107.3 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2453862.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9416° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)108.60° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 10/30)
🪷 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 (23.9416°) · declination 16.73° · EoT 3.51 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:2006-05-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)