पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · September 18, 2021 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: प्रदोष व्रत — Pradoṣa Vrata
Twilight worship of Śiva on Trayodaśī.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.42 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
सङ्करो नरकायैव कुलघ्नानां कुलस्य च।

पतन्ति पितरो ह्येषां लुप्तपिण्डोदकक्रियाः।।1.42।।
"1.42 Promiscuity ruins both the family and those who defile it; while the souls of our ancestors droop, through lack of the funeral cakes and ablutions." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.42's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2078 Ānanda
Śaka Saṁvat: 1943 Plava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1428
Malayalam Era: 1197
Nanakshahi: 552
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya151.20°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
चन्द्र Candra295.04°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala157.47°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
बुध Budha177.27°KanyāCitrā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati299.61°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
शुक्र Śukra193.81°TulāSvātī P3
शनि Śani283.19°MakaraŚravaṇa P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:24 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:37 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:30 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:29 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:43 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 13 Mins 22 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 46 Mins 38 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:46 – 04:35
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:23 – 05:24
Abhijit Muhūrta11:06 – 11:55
Vijaya Muhūrta13:33 – 14:21
Godhūli Muhūrta17:25 – 17:49
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:37 – 18:08
Amṛta Kāla17:22 – 19:07
Niśīta Muhūrta23:06 – 23:55

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:27 – 09:59
Yamaganda13:02 – 14:34
Gulika Kāla05:24 – 06:55
Varjyam05:54 – 06:14
Dur Muhūrta 08:15 – 08:39

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

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

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:24 – 06:55 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha06:55 – 08:27 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:27 – 09:59 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg09:59 – 11:30 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:30 – 13:02 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:02 – 14:34 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:34 – 16:05 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:05 – 17:37 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:37 – 19:05 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:05 – 20:34 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:34 – 22:02 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:02 – 23:30 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:30 – 00:59 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg00:59 – 02:27 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:27 – 03:55 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha03:55 – 05:24 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 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 Year5123 · Kali-5123
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871010.27 · 5122.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2459475.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.1563° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)144.46° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 13/30)
🪷 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 (24.1563°) · declination 1.84° · EoT 6.61 min · city civil-time localizationLineage: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:2021-09-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)