पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · November 14, 2008 CE

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🪷 आज: तुला सङ्क्रान्ति — Tulā Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Libra.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.25 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
शनैः शनैरुपरमेद् बुद्ध्या धृतिगृहीतया।

आत्मसंस्थं मनः कृत्वा न किञ्चिदपि चिन्तयेत्।।6.25।।
"6.25 Little by little, by the help of his reason controlled by fortitude, let him attain peace; and, fixing his mind on the Self, let him not think of any other thing." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.25's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2065 Plava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1930 Sarvadhāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1415
Malayalam Era: 1184
Nanakshahi: 539
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Kṛttikā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya208.06°TulāViśākhā P3
चन्द्र Candra39.04°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala214.24°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
बुध Budha201.02°TulāViśākhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati265.51°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शुक्र Śukra247.60°DhanuMūla P3
शनि Śani145.58°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:50 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:54 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:22 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:27 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:45 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 04 Mins 28 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 55 Mins 32 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:21 – 05:05
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:54 – 05:50
Abhijit Muhūrta11:00 – 11:44
Vijaya Muhūrta13:13 – 13:57
Godhūli Muhūrta16:42 – 17:06
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:54 – 17:22
Amṛta Kāla16:39 – 18:24
Niśīta Muhūrta23:00 – 23:44

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:59 – 11:22
Yamaganda14:08 – 15:31
Gulika Kāla07:13 – 08:36
Varjyam06:17 – 06:35
Dur Muhūrta 08:25 – 08:47

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
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 · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:50 – 07:13 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:13 – 08:36 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:36 – 09:59 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla09:59 – 11:22 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:22 – 12:45 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga12:45 – 14:08 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:08 – 15:31 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala15:31 – 16:54 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga16:54 – 18:31 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg18:31 – 20:08 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:08 – 21:45 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha21:45 – 23:22 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:22 – 00:59 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla00:59 – 02:36 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:36 – 04:13 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:13 – 05:50 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Pratipada + Kṛttikā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Kṛttikā)
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Kṛttikā)

🌌 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 Year5110 · Kali-5110
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866319.27 · 5109.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2454784.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9769° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)189.15° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 16/30)
🪷 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 (23.9769°) · declination -18.28° · EoT 15.07 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:2008-11-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)