पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · November 24, 2118 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: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 12.18 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
समः शत्रौ च मित्रे च तथा मानापमानयोः।शीतोष्णसुखदुःखेषु समः सङ्गविवर्जितः।।12.18।।
"12.18 He to whom friend and foe are alike, who welcomes equally honour and dishonour, heat and cold, pleasure and pain, who is enamoured of nothing," — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2175 Khara
Śaka Saṁvat: 2040 Bahudhānya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1525
Malayalam Era: 1294
Nanakshahi: 649
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Siddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya215.93°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
चन्द्र Candra349.96°MīnaRevatī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala87.52°MithunaPunarvasu P3
बुध Budha194.66°TulāSvātī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati16.23°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
शुक्र Śukra229.44°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
शनि Śani35.67°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:56 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:53 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:24 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:08 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:33 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 56 Mins 23 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 03 Mins 37 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:29 – 05:12
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:02 – 05:56
Abhijit Muhūrta11:03 – 11:46
Vijaya Muhūrta13:14 – 13:58
Godhūli Muhūrta16:41 – 17:05
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:53 – 17:20
Amṛta Kāla16:38 – 18:23
Niśīta Muhūrta23:03 – 23:46

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:46 – 14:08
Yamaganda05:56 – 07:18
Gulika Kāla08:40 – 10:02
Varjyam06:24 – 06:41
Dur Muhūrta 08:29 – 08:51

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ 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 Śubha05:56 – 07:18 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:18 – 08:40 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:40 – 10:02 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:02 – 11:24 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:24 – 12:46 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta12:46 – 14:08 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:08 – 15:31 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha15:31 – 16:53 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta16:53 – 18:31 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla18:31 – 20:08 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:08 – 21:46 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga21:46 – 23:24 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:24 – 01:02 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:02 – 02:40 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:40 – 04:18 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:18 – 05:56 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 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)1906505.27 · 5219.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2494970.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)25.5139° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)132.26° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 12/30)
🪷 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 (25.5139°) · declination -20.45° · EoT 12.55 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:2118-11-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)