पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · November 2, 2118 CE

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🪷 आज: करवा चौथ — Karvā Chauth
North Indian wives' fast for husband's longevity. Kṛṣṇa Caturthī of Kārtika.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.51 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाच

दृष्ट्वेदं मानुषं रूपं तवसौम्यं जनार्दन।

इदानीमस्मि संवृत्तः सचेताः प्रकृतिं गतः।।11.51।।
"11.51 Arjuna said: Seeing Thee in Thy gentle human form, my Lord, I am myself again, calm once more." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.51's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2175 Khara
Śaka Saṁvat: 2040 Bahudhānya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1525
Malayalam Era: 1294
Nanakshahi: 649
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya193.81°TulāSvātī P3
चन्द्र Candra52.54°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala83.76°MithunaPunarvasu P2
बुध Budha203.25°TulāViśākhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati19.15°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
शुक्र Śukra201.93°TulāViśākhā P1
शनि Śani37.39°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:42 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:59 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:21 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:12 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:39 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 17 Mins 43 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 42 Mins 17 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:11 – 04:56
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:45 – 05:42
Abhijit Muhūrta10:58 – 11:43
Vijaya Muhūrta13:13 – 13:59
Godhūli Muhūrta16:47 – 17:11
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:59 – 17:28
Amṛta Kāla16:44 – 18:29
Niśīta Muhūrta22:58 – 23:43

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:21 – 12:45
Yamaganda07:06 – 08:31
Gulika Kāla09:56 – 11:21
Varjyam06:10 – 06:28
Dur Muhūrta 08:20 – 08:42

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha05:42 – 07:06 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:06 – 08:31 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:31 – 09:56 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha09:56 – 11:21 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:21 – 12:45 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg12:45 – 14:10 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:10 – 15:35 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:35 – 16:59 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg16:59 – 18:35 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:35 – 20:10 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:10 – 21:45 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta21:45 – 23:21 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:21 – 00:56 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha00:56 – 02:31 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:31 – 04:06 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:06 – 05:42 (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 Year5220 · Kali-5220
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1906483.27 · 5219.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2494948.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)25.5130° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)222.46° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 19/30)
🪷 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 (25.5130°) · declination -14.60° · EoT 16.42 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:2118-11-02 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)