पञ्चाङ्ग — Asansol, West Bengal · September 24, 2015 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: ओणम् (वामन-बलि स्मरण) — Onam (Vāmana / King Bali)
Kerala festival; King Bali's annual return to Kerala. Aligned with Thiru-Onam (Śravaṇa nakshatra in Bhādrapada).

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.37 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
यत्तदग्रे विषमिव परिणामेऽमृतोपमम्।तत्सुखं सात्त्विकं प्रोक्तमात्मबुद्धिप्रसादजम्।।18.37।।
"18.37 Which at first seems like poison but afterwards acts like nectar - that pleasure is Pure, for it is born of Wisdom." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.37's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2072 Kīlaka
Śaka Saṁvat: 1937 Manmatha
Bengali Saṁvat: 1422
Malayalam Era: 1191
Nanakshahi: 546
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ekādaśī (11/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya156.62°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
चन्द्र Candra280.03°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala125.08°SiṃhaMaghā P2
बुध Budha169.63°KanyāHasta P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati134.58°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
शुक्र Śukra115.36°KarkaAśleṣā P3
शनि Śani216.14°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:30 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:37 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:33 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:20 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:15 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 06 Mins 19 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 53 Mins 41 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:53 – 04:42
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:30 – 05:30
Abhijit Muhūrta11:09 – 11:58
Vijaya Muhūrta13:34 – 14:23
Godhūli Muhūrta17:25 – 17:49
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:37 – 18:07
Amṛta Kāla17:22 – 19:07
Niśīta Muhūrta23:09 – 23:58

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:04 – 14:35
Yamaganda05:30 – 07:01
Gulika Kāla08:32 – 10:03
Varjyam06:01 – 06:20
Dur Muhūrta 08:20 – 08:44

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mudgara (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:30 – 07:01 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:01 – 08:32 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:32 – 10:03 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:03 – 11:33 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:33 – 13:04 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:04 – 14:35 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:35 – 16:06 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:06 – 17:37 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:37 – 19:06 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:06 – 20:35 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:35 – 22:04 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:04 – 23:33 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:33 – 01:03 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:03 – 02:32 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:32 – 04:01 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:01 – 05:30 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 23.6739°
Longitude: 86.9524°
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 Year5117 · Kali-5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868824.27 · 5116.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457289.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0727° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)126.24° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 11/30)
🪷 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 (24.0727°) · declination -0.27° · EoT 8.79 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:2015-09-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)