पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · March 18, 2040 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: यमुना जयन्ती — Yamunā Jayantī
Manifestation of Yamunā Devī; Vraja-bhakti-pravāhinī.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 12.20 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
ये तु धर्म्यामृतमिदं यथोक्तं पर्युपासते।श्रद्दधाना मत्परमा भक्तास्तेऽतीव मे प्रियाः।।12.20।।
"12.20 Verily those who love the spiritual wisdom as I have taught, whose faith never fails, and who concentrate their whole nature on Me, they indeed are My most beloved."" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2097 Śrīmukha
Śaka Saṁvat: 1962 Raudra
Bengali Saṁvat: 1447
Malayalam Era: 1216
Nanakshahi: 571
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Kṛttikā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya333.64°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
चन्द्र Candra33.85°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala75.26°MithunaĀrdrā P3
बुध Budha305.47°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati151.65°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
शुक्र Śukra313.97°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
शनि Śani164.35°KanyāHasta P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:43 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:48 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:46 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:09 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:24 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 04 Mins 39 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 55 Mins 21 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:07 – 04:55
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:43 – 05:43
Abhijit Muhūrta11:22 – 12:10
Vijaya Muhūrta13:46 – 14:35
Godhūli Muhūrta17:36 – 18:00
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:48 – 18:18
Amṛta Kāla17:33 – 19:18
Niśīta Muhūrta23:22 – 00:10

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:17 – 17:48
Yamaganda11:46 – 13:16
Gulika Kāla14:47 – 16:17
Varjyam06:14 – 06:33
Dur Muhūrta 08:32 – 08:57

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

⭐ 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 Udveg05:43 – 07:14 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:14 – 08:45 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:45 – 10:15 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:15 – 11:46 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:46 – 13:16 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:16 – 14:47 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:47 – 16:17 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:17 – 17:48 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:48 – 19:17 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:17 – 20:47 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:47 – 22:16 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:16 – 23:46 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:46 – 01:15 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:15 – 02:45 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:45 – 04:14 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:14 – 05:43 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī + 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 Year5141 · Kali-5141
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1877766.27 · 5141.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2466231.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.4147° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)60.82° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 6/30)
🪷 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 (24.4147°) · declination -0.77° · EoT -8.76 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:2040-03-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)