पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · March 30, 2011 CE

🪷 आज: पापमोचनी एकादशी — Pāpamocanī Ekādaśī
Removes mahā-pātakas (great sins).

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.9 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
सञ्जय उवाच

एवमुक्त्वा ततो राजन्महायोगेश्वरो हरिः।

दर्शयामास पार्थाय परमं रूपमैश्वरम्।।11.9।।
"11.9 Sanjaya continued: "Having thus spoken, O King, the Lord Shri Krishna, the Almighty Prince of Wisdom, showed to Arjuna the Supreme Form of the Great God." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.9's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2068 Krodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1933 Khara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1418
Malayalam Era: 1187
Nanakshahi: 542
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya344.98°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
चन्द्र Candra295.10°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala333.35°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
बुध Budha0.32°MeṣaAśvinī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati350.62°MīnaRevatī P2
शुक्र Śukra309.16°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
शनि Śani170.02°KanyāHasta P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:32 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:51 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:42 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:46 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:59 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 19 Mins 07 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 40 Mins 53 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:54 – 04:43
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:31 – 05:32
Abhijit Muhūrta11:17 – 12:07
Vijaya Muhūrta13:45 – 14:34
Godhūli Muhūrta17:39 – 18:03
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:51 – 18:22
Amṛta Kāla17:36 – 19:21
Niśīta Muhūrta23:17 – 00:07

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:42 – 13:14
Yamaganda07:05 – 08:37
Gulika Kāla10:10 – 11:42
Varjyam06:03 – 06:23
Dur Muhūrta 08:25 – 08:49

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha05:32 – 07:05 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:05 – 08:37 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:37 – 10:10 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:10 – 11:42 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:42 – 13:14 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:14 – 14:47 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:47 – 16:19 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:19 – 17:51 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:51 – 19:19 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:19 – 20:47 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:47 – 22:14 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:14 – 23:42 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:42 – 01:10 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:10 – 02:37 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:37 – 04:05 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:05 – 05:32 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5112
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867185.27
Julian Day2455650.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0100°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)307.96°
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta
Method: Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equation
Tier-2 city localization: spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanamsa (24.0100°), declination 3.56°, EoT -4.98 min · verified ±1 min vs Drikpanchang
Lineage: Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate
Access: Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed
Computed for: 2011-03-30 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)