पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · March 4, 2148 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: होलिका दहन — Holikā Dahana
Burning of Holikā; Prahlāda saved by Hari. Eve of Holi.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.42 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
शमो दमस्तपः शौचं क्षान्तिरार्जवमेव च।ज्ञानं विज्ञानमास्तिक्यं ब्रह्मकर्म स्वभावजम्।।18.42।।
"18.42 Serenity, self-restraint, austerity, purity, forgiveness, as well as uprightness, knowledge, wisdom and faith in God - these constitute the duty of a spiritual Teacher." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.42's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2205 Durmati
Śaka Saṁvat: 2070 Kīlaka
Bengali Saṁvat: 1555
Malayalam Era: 1324
Nanakshahi: 679
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya317.96°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
चन्द्र Candra122.09°SiṃhaMaghā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala269.08°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
बुध Budha304.85°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati192.88°TulāSvātī P2
शुक्र Śukra1.53°MeṣaAśvinī P1
शनि Śani26.99°MeṣaKṛttikā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:56 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:42 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:49 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:23 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:09 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 46 Mins 04 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 13 Mins 56 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:22 – 05:09
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:58 – 05:56
Abhijit Muhūrta11:26 – 12:13
Vijaya Muhūrta13:47 – 14:34
Godhūli Muhūrta17:30 – 17:54
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:42 – 18:12
Amṛta Kāla17:27 – 19:12
Niśīta Muhūrta23:26 – 00:13

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:25 – 08:53
Yamaganda10:21 – 11:49
Gulika Kāla13:18 – 14:46
Varjyam06:26 – 06:45
Dur Muhūrta 08:41 – 09:05

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta05:56 – 07:25 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:25 – 08:53 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:53 – 10:21 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:21 – 11:49 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:49 – 13:18 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:18 – 14:46 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:46 – 16:14 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:14 – 17:42 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:42 – 19:14 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:14 – 20:46 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:46 – 22:18 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:18 – 23:49 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:49 – 01:21 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:21 – 02:53 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:53 – 04:25 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:25 – 05:56 (neutral)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 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 Year5249 · Kali-5249
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1917198.27 · 5249.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2505663.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)25.9228° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)164.31° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 14/30)
🪷 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 (25.9228°) · declination -6.34° · EoT -12.45 min · city civil-time localizationLineage: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:2148-03-04 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)