पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · March 25, 2025 CE

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

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.2 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाच

काम्यानां कर्मणां न्यासं संन्यासं कवयो विदुः।

सर्वकर्मफलत्यागं प्राहुस्त्यागं विचक्षणाः।।18.2।।
"18.2 Lord Shri Krishna replied: The sages say that renunciation means forgoing an action which springs from desire; and relinquishing means the surrender of its fruit." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.2's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2082 Kālayukta
Śaka Saṁvat: 1947 Viśvāvasu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1432
Malayalam Era: 1201
Nanakshahi: 556
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya340.44°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
चन्द्र Candra281.12°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala86.89°MithunaPunarvasu P3
बुध Budha339.85°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati50.69°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
शुक्र Śukra336.90°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
शनि Śani329.54°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:37 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:50 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:44 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:16 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:16 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 13 Mins 22 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 46 Mins 38 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:59 – 04:48
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:36 – 05:37
Abhijit Muhūrta11:19 – 12:08
Vijaya Muhūrta13:46 – 14:35
Godhūli Muhūrta17:38 – 18:02
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:50 – 18:21
Amṛta Kāla17:35 – 19:20
Niśīta Muhūrta23:19 – 00:08

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:47 – 16:19
Yamaganda08:40 – 10:12
Gulika Kāla11:44 – 13:15
Varjyam06:07 – 06:27
Dur Muhūrta 08:28 – 08:52

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (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 Roga05:37 – 07:09 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:09 – 08:40 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:40 – 10:12 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:12 – 11:44 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:44 – 13:15 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:15 – 14:47 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:47 – 16:19 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:19 – 17:50 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:50 – 19:19 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:19 – 20:47 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:47 – 22:15 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:15 – 23:44 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:44 – 01:12 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:12 – 02:40 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:40 – 04:09 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:09 – 05:37 (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

Kali Year5126
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872294.27
Julian Day2460759.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2054°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)302.72°
🪷 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 (24.2054°), declination 1.85°, EoT -6.58 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: 2025-03-25 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)