पञ्चाङ्ग — Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh · October 18, 2026 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: महाष्टमी — Mahā-Aṣṭamī (Durgā-Aṣṭamī)
8th day of Śāradīya Navrātri; Mahiṣāsura-mardinī kṣaṇa.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 13.7 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
इच्छा द्वेषः सुखं दुःखं सङ्घातश्चेतनाधृतिः।एतत्क्षेत्रं समासेन सविकारमुदाहृतम्।।13.7।।
"13.7 Desire, aversion, pleasure, pain, sympathy, vitality and the persistent clinging to life, these are in brief the constituents of changing Matter." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.7's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2083 Siddhārthī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1948 Parābhava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1433
Malayalam Era: 1202
Nanakshahi: 557
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya180.45°TulāCitrā P3
चन्द्र Candra263.56°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala106.73°KarkaAśleṣā P1
बुध Budha204.39°TulāViśākhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati117.97°KarkaAśleṣā P4
शुक्र Śukra189.82°TulāSvātī P1
शनि Śani346.07°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4

☀️ Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:05 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:36 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:50 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:04 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:41 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 31 Mins 07 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 28 Mins 53 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:33 – 05:19
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:07 – 06:05
Abhijit Muhūrta11:27 – 12:13
Vijaya Muhūrta13:45 – 14:32
Godhūli Muhūrta17:24 – 17:48
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:36 – 18:05
Amṛta Kāla17:21 – 19:06
Niśīta Muhūrta23:27 – 00:13

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:09 – 17:36
Yamaganda11:50 – 13:17
Gulika Kāla14:43 – 16:09
Varjyam06:33 – 06:52
Dur Muhūrta 08:46 – 09:09

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Tropical 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):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:05 – 07:31 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:31 – 08:57 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:57 – 10:24 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:24 – 11:50 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:50 – 13:17 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:17 – 14:43 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:43 – 16:09 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:09 – 17:36 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:36 – 19:09 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:09 – 20:43 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:43 – 22:17 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:17 – 23:50 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:50 – 01:24 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:24 – 02:57 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:57 – 04:31 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:31 – 06:05 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 25.2051°
Longitude: 81.0896°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Pūrva Āṣāḍhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

🌌 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 Year5128 · Kali-5128
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872866.27 · 5127.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2461331.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.2273° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)85.47° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 8/30)
🪷 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 (24.2273°) · declination -9.56° · EoT 15.40 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:2026-10-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)