पञ्चाङ्ग — Asansol, West Bengal · October 14, 2011 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: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 17.26 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
सद्भावे साधुभावे च सदित्येतत्प्रयुज्यते।प्रशस्ते कर्मणि तथा सच्छब्दः पार्थ युज्यते।।17.26।।
"17.26 Sat' means Reality or the highest Good, and also, O Arjuna, it is used to mean an action of exceptional merit." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 17.26's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2068 Krodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1933 Khara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1418
Malayalam Era: 1187
Nanakshahi: 542
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā (17/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya176.33°KanyāCitrā P1
चन्द्र Candra17.55°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala110.59°KarkaAśleṣā P2
बुध Budha186.65°TulāCitrā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati13.13°MeṣaAśvinī P4
शुक्र Śukra191.80°TulāSvātī P2
शनि Śani175.92°KanyāCitrā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:38 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:17 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:28 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:22 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)07:23 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 39 Mins 17 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 20 Mins 43 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:05 – 04:51
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:40 – 05:38
Abhijit Muhūrta11:04 – 11:51
Vijaya Muhūrta13:24 – 14:11
Godhūli Muhūrta17:05 – 17:29
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:17 – 17:46
Amṛta Kāla17:02 – 18:47
Niśīta Muhūrta23:04 – 23:51

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:00 – 11:28
Yamaganda14:22 – 15:50
Gulika Kāla07:05 – 08:33
Varjyam06:07 – 06:26
Dur Muhūrta 08:21 – 08:44

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mausala (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

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

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:38 – 07:05 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:05 – 08:33 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:33 – 10:00 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:00 – 11:28 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:28 – 12:55 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga12:55 – 14:22 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:22 – 15:50 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala15:50 – 17:17 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:17 – 18:50 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg18:50 – 20:22 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:22 – 21:55 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha21:55 – 23:28 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:28 – 01:00 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:00 – 02:33 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:33 – 04:05 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:05 – 05:38 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 23.6739°
Longitude: 86.9524°
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 Year5113 · Kali-5113
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867383.27 · 5112.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2455848.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0176° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)203.63° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 17/30)
🪷 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 (24.0176°) · declination -7.95° · EoT 14.65 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:2011-10-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)