पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · April 25, 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: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 14.3 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
मम योनिर्महद्ब्रह्म तस्मिन् गर्भं दधाम्यहम्।संभवः सर्वभूतानां ततो भवति भारत।।14.3।।
"14.3 The eternal Cosmos is My womb, in which I plant the seed, from which all beings are born, O Prince!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.3's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2097 Śrīmukha
Śaka Saṁvat: 1962 Raudra
Bengali Saṁvat: 1447
Malayalam Era: 1216
Nanakshahi: 571
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya11.04°MeṣaAśvinī P4
चन्द्र Candra164.51°KanyāHasta P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala91.34°KarkaPunarvasu P4
बुध Budha3.99°MeṣaAśvinī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati147.59°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
शुक्र Śukra0.93°MeṣaAśvinī P1
शनि Śani161.52°KanyāHasta P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:09 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:01 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:35 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:52 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:45 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 52 Mins 46 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 07 Mins 14 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:26 – 04:17
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:04 – 05:09
Abhijit Muhūrta11:09 – 12:01
Vijaya Muhūrta13:44 – 14:35
Godhūli Muhūrta17:49 – 18:13
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:01 – 18:34
Amṛta Kāla17:46 – 19:31
Niśīta Muhūrta23:09 – 00:01

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:35 – 13:12
Yamaganda06:45 – 08:22
Gulika Kāla09:58 – 11:35
Varjyam05:41 – 06:01
Dur Muhūrta 08:09 – 08:35

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Rākṣasa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
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 · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha05:09 – 06:45 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta06:45 – 08:22 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:22 – 09:58 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha09:58 – 11:35 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:35 – 13:12 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:12 – 14:48 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:48 – 16:25 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:25 – 18:01 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:01 – 19:25 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:25 – 20:48 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:48 – 22:12 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:12 – 23:35 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:35 – 00:58 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha00:58 – 02:22 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:22 – 03:45 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg03:45 – 05:09 (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 — 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 Year5142 · Kali-5142
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1877804.27 · 5141.3 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2466269.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.4162° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)152.82° · 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 (24.4162°) · declination 13.34° · EoT 1.98 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:2040-04-25 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)