पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · August 31, 2054 CE

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अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: सिंह सङ्क्रान्ति — Siṁha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Leo.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.41 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
तस्मात्त्वमिन्द्रियाण्यादौ नियम्य भरतर्षभ।

पाप्मानं प्रजहि ह्येनं ज्ञानविज्ञाननाशनम्।।3.41।।
"3.41 Therefore, O Arjuna, first control thy senses and then slay desire, for it is full of sin, and is the destroyer of knowledge and of wisdom." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.41's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2111 Sarvajit
Śaka Saṁvat: 1976 Bhāva
Bengali Saṁvat: 1461
Malayalam Era: 1230
Nanakshahi: 585
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya133.28°SiṃhaMaghā P4
चन्द्र Candra104.70°KarkaPuṣya P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala46.21°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
बुध Budha156.60°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati213.54°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
शुक्र Śukra121.01°SiṃhaMaghā P1
शनि Śani329.56°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:19 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:55 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:37 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:09 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:16 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 36 Mins 13 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 23 Mins 47 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:38 – 04:28
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:16 – 05:19
Abhijit Muhūrta11:12 – 12:02
Vijaya Muhūrta13:43 – 14:33
Godhūli Muhūrta17:43 – 18:07
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:55 – 18:26
Amṛta Kāla17:40 – 19:25
Niśīta Muhūrta23:12 – 00:02

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla06:53 – 08:28
Yamaganda10:02 – 11:37
Gulika Kāla13:11 – 14:46
Varjyam05:50 – 06:10
Dur Muhūrta 08:15 – 08:40

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Maitra (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta05:19 – 06:53 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla06:53 – 08:28 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:28 – 10:02 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:02 – 11:37 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:37 – 13:11 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:11 – 14:46 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:46 – 16:20 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:20 – 17:55 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:55 – 19:20 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:20 – 20:46 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:46 – 22:11 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:11 – 23:37 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:37 – 01:02 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:02 – 02:28 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:28 – 03:53 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala03:53 – 05:19 (neutral)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 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 Year5156 · Kali-5156
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1883045.27 · 5155.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2471510.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.6166° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)333.02° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 28/30)
🪷 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 (24.6166°) · declination 8.61° · EoT 0.15 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:2054-08-31 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)