पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · August 20, 2069 CE

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🪷 आज: गणेश चतुर्थी — Gaṇeśa Caturthī
Gaṇeśa's birth day; 11-day festival in Maharashtra.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.20 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
अथ व्यवस्थितान् दृष्ट्वा धार्तराष्ट्रान्कपिध्वजः।

प्रवृत्ते शस्त्रसंपाते धनुरुद्यम्य पाण्डवः।।1.20।।
"1.20 Then beholding the sons of Dhritarashtra, drawn up on the battle- field, ready to fight, Arjuna, whose flag bore the Hanuman," — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2126 Śubhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1991 Virodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1476
Malayalam Era: 1245
Nanakshahi: 600
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya122.82°SiṃhaMaghā P1
चन्द्र Candra158.94°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala30.32°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P2
बुध Budha146.55°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati325.02°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
शुक्र Śukra161.88°KanyāHasta P1
शनि Śani159.37°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:15 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:05 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:40 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:04 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:05 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 49 Mins 02 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 10 Mins 58 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:33 – 04:24
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:11 – 05:15
Abhijit Muhūrta11:14 – 12:06
Vijaya Muhūrta13:48 – 14:39
Godhūli Muhūrta17:53 – 18:17
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:05 – 18:37
Amṛta Kāla17:50 – 19:35
Niśīta Muhūrta23:14 – 00:06

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:52 – 16:28
Yamaganda08:28 – 10:04
Gulika Kāla11:40 – 13:16
Varjyam05:48 – 06:08
Dur Muhūrta 08:15 – 08:41

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ 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 Roga05:15 – 06:52 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg06:52 – 08:28 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:28 – 10:04 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:04 – 11:40 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:40 – 13:16 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:16 – 14:52 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:52 – 16:28 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:28 – 18:05 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:05 – 19:28 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:28 – 20:52 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:52 – 22:16 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:16 – 23:40 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:40 – 01:04 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:04 – 02:28 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:28 – 03:52 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla03:52 – 05:15 (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 — 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 Year5171 · Kali-5171
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1888513.27 · 5170.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2476978.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.8257° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)38.85° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 4/30)
🪷 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 (24.8257°) · declination 12.29° · EoT -3.05 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:2069-08-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)