पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · March 18, 2056 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: मीन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mīna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Pisces; Mīna-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.24 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
संजय उवाच

एवमुक्तो हृषीकेशो गुडाकेशेन भारत।

सेनयोरुभयोर्मध्ये स्थापयित्वा रथोत्तमम्।।1.24।।
"1.24 Sanjaya said: "Having listened to the request of Arjuna, Lord Shri Krishna drew up His bright chariot exactly in the midst between the two armies," — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.24's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2113 Virodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1978 Dhātṛ
Bengali Saṁvat: 1463
Malayalam Era: 1232
Nanakshahi: 587
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvitīyā (2/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya333.54°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
चन्द्र Candra352.78°MīnaRevatī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala304.62°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
बुध Budha335.84°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati279.17°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
शुक्र Śukra314.83°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
शनि Śani345.61°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4

☀️ 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)06:49 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:17 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 04 Mins 48 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 55 Mins 12 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:07 – 04:55
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:43 – 05:43
Abhijit Muhūrta11:22 – 12:10
Vijaya Muhūrta13:47 – 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 Kāla08:45 – 10:15
Yamaganda13:16 – 14:47
Gulika Kāla05:43 – 07:14
Varjyam06:14 – 06:33
Dur Muhūrta 08:32 – 08:57

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:43 – 07:14 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:14 – 08:45 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:45 – 10:15 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:15 – 11:46 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:46 – 13:16 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:16 – 14:47 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:47 – 16:18 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:18 – 17:48 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:48 – 19:18 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:18 – 20:47 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:47 – 22:16 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:16 – 23:46 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:46 – 01:15 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:15 – 02:45 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:45 – 04:14 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:14 – 05:43 (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 Year5157 · Kali-5157
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1883610.27 · 5157.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2472075.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.6382° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)22.02° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 2/30)
🪷 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 (24.6382°) · declination -0.72° · 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:2056-03-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)