पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · May 23, 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: अपरा एकादशी — Aparā Ekādaśī
Boundless (aparā) merit; removes brahma-hatyā even.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.6 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
न चैतद्विद्मः कतरन्नो गरीयो

यद्वा जयेम यदि वा नो जयेयुः।

यानेव हत्वा न जिजीविषाम

स्तेऽवस्थिताः प्रमुखे धार्तराष्ट्राः।।2.6।।
"2.6 Nor can I say whether it were better that they conquer me or for me to conquer them, since would no longer care to live if I killed these sons of Dhritarashtra, now preparing for fight." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.6's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Jyeṣṭha (Jyeṣṭha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2063 Vikāri
Śaka Saṁvat: 1928 Vyaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1413
Malayalam Era: 1182
Nanakshahi: 537
Solar Month: Vṛṣabha (Vaikāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Prīti
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya37.85°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4
चन्द्र Candra342.94°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala88.93°MithunaPunarvasu P3
बुध Budha42.85°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati198.45°TulāSvātī P4
शुक्र Śukra358.44°MīnaRevatī P4
शनि Śani102.21°KarkaPuṣya P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:54 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:13 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:34 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)01:47 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:01 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 19 Mins 30 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 40 Mins 30 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:07 – 04:01
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:47 – 04:54
Abhijit Muhūrta11:07 – 12:00
Vijaya Muhūrta13:47 – 14:40
Godhūli Muhūrta18:01 – 18:25
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:13 – 18:47
Amṛta Kāla17:58 – 19:43
Niśīta Muhūrta23:07 – 00:00

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:53 – 16:33
Yamaganda08:14 – 09:54
Gulika Kāla11:34 – 13:13
Varjyam05:27 – 05:48
Dur Muhūrta 08:00 – 08:27

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ 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):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga04:54 – 06:34 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg06:34 – 08:14 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:14 – 09:54 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha09:54 – 11:34 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:34 – 13:13 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:13 – 14:53 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:53 – 16:33 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:33 – 18:13 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:13 – 19:33 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:33 – 20:53 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:53 – 22:13 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:13 – 23:34 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:34 – 00:54 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha00:54 – 02:14 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:14 – 03:34 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla03:34 – 04:54 (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 Year5108 · Kali-5108
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1865413.27 · 5107.3 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2453878.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9423° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)306.60° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 26/30)
🪷 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 (23.9423°) · declination 20.52° · EoT 3.40 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:2006-05-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)