पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · March 22, 2186 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: चैत्र नवरात्रि आरम्भ — Caitra Navrātri Start (Gudhi Padwā)
Spring Navrātri begins; Vasanta-pakṣa Devī worship. Maharashtra: Gudhi Padwā. South: Ugadi. Sindhi: Cheti Chand.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 14.18 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
ऊर्ध्वं गच्छन्ति सत्त्वस्था मध्ये तिष्ठन्ति राजसाः।जघन्यगुणवृत्तिस्था अधो गच्छन्ति तामसाः।।14.18।।
"14.18 When Purity is in the ascendant, the man evolves; when Passion, he neither evolves nor degenerates; when Ignorance, he is lost." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2243 Vikāri
Śaka Saṁvat: 2108 Vyaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1593
Malayalam Era: 1362
Nanakshahi: 717
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya335.20°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
चन्द्र Candra346.48°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala334.35°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
बुध Budha314.91°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati264.73°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शुक्र Śukra1.99°MeṣaAśvinī P1
शनि Śani146.39°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:40 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:49 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:44 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:19 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:41 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 09 Mins 24 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 50 Mins 36 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:03 – 04:51
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:39 – 05:40
Abhijit Muhūrta11:20 – 12:09
Vijaya Muhūrta13:46 – 14:35
Godhūli Muhūrta17:37 – 18:01
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:49 – 18:20
Amṛta Kāla17:34 – 19:19
Niśīta Muhūrta23:20 – 00:09

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:44 – 13:16
Yamaganda07:11 – 08:42
Gulika Kāla10:13 – 11:44
Varjyam06:10 – 06:30
Dur Muhūrta 08:30 – 08:54

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mudgara (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha05:40 – 07:11 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:11 – 08:42 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:42 – 10:13 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:13 – 11:44 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:44 – 13:16 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:16 – 14:47 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:47 – 16:18 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:18 – 17:49 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:49 – 19:18 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:18 – 20:47 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:47 – 22:16 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:16 – 23:44 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:44 – 01:13 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:13 – 02:42 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:42 – 04:11 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:11 – 05:40 (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 Year5287 · Kali-5287
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1931095.27 · 5287.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2519560.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)26.4543° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)10.71° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 1/30)
🪷 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 (26.4543°) · declination 0.66° · EoT -7.53 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:2186-03-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)