पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · May 21, 2117 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: वृषभ सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛṣabha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Taurus.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.13 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
पञ्चैतानि महाबाहो कारणानि निबोध मे।सांख्ये कृतान्ते प्रोक्तानि सिद्धये सर्वकर्मणाम्।।18.13।।
"18.13 I will tell thee now, O Mighty Man, the five causes which, according to the final decision of philosophy, must concur before an action can be accomplished." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.13's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Jyeṣṭha (Jyeṣṭha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2174 Vikṛti
Śaka Saṁvat: 2039 Īśvara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1524
Malayalam Era: 1293
Nanakshahi: 648
Solar Month: Vṛṣabha (Vaikāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya34.53°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
चन्द्र Candra277.48°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala89.07°MithunaPunarvasu P3
बुध Budha19.53°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati338.76°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
शुक्र Śukra54.28°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P1
शनि Śani17.39°MeṣaBharaṇī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:54 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:12 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:33 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:16 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:14 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 18 Mins 04 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 41 Mins 56 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:08 – 04:01
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:48 – 04:54
Abhijit Muhūrta11:07 – 12:00
Vijaya Muhūrta13:46 – 14:40
Godhūli Muhūrta18:00 – 18:24
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:12 – 18:46
Amṛta Kāla17:57 – 19:42
Niśīta Muhūrta23:07 – 00:00

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:54 – 11:33
Yamaganda14:53 – 16:33
Gulika Kāla06:34 – 08:14
Varjyam05:28 – 05:49
Dur Muhūrta 08:01 – 08:27

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
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):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala04:54 – 06:34 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha06:34 – 08:14 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:14 – 09:54 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla09:54 – 11:33 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:33 – 13:13 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:13 – 14:53 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:53 – 16:33 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:33 – 18:12 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:12 – 19:33 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:33 – 20:53 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:53 – 22:13 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:13 – 23:33 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:33 – 00:54 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla00:54 – 02:14 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:14 – 03:34 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga03:34 – 04:54 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 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 Year5219 · Kali-5219
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1905953.27 · 5218.3 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2494418.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)25.4928° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)242.55° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 21/30)
🪷 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 (25.4928°) · declination 20.15° · EoT 3.54 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:2117-05-21 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)