पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · October 21, 1863 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: महानवमी — Mahā-Navamī
9th day of Śāradīya Navrātri; Devī's final victory.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 14.25 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
मानापमानयोस्तुल्यस्तुल्यो मित्रारिपक्षयोः।सर्वारम्भपरित्यागी गुणातीतः स उच्यते।।14.25।।
"14.25 Who looks equally upon honour and dishonour, loves friends and foes alike, abandons all initiative, such is he who transcends the Qualities." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.25's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1920 Dhātṛ
Śaka Saṁvat: 1785 Rudhirodgāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1270
Malayalam Era: 1039
Nanakshahi: 394
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya185.20°TulāCitrā P4
चन्द्र Candra291.13°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala181.09°TulāCitrā P3
बुध Budha171.11°KanyāHasta P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati195.61°TulāSvātī P3
शुक्र Śukra157.14°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
शनि Śani169.88°KanyāHasta P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:35 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:07 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:21 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:51 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:58 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 32 Mins 07 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 27 Mins 53 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:03 – 04:49
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:37 – 05:35
Abhijit Muhūrta10:58 – 11:44
Vijaya Muhūrta13:16 – 14:03
Godhūli Muhūrta16:55 – 17:19
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:07 – 17:36
Amṛta Kāla16:52 – 18:37
Niśīta Muhūrta22:58 – 23:44

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:21 – 12:48
Yamaganda07:02 – 08:28
Gulika Kāla09:55 – 11:21
Varjyam06:04 – 06:22
Dur Muhūrta 08:17 – 08:40

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)
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):
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 Labha05:35 – 07:02 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:02 – 08:28 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:28 – 09:55 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha09:55 – 11:21 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:21 – 12:48 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg12:48 – 14:14 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:14 – 15:41 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:41 – 17:07 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:07 – 18:41 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:41 – 20:14 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:14 – 21:48 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta21:48 – 23:21 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:21 – 00:55 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha00:55 – 02:28 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:28 – 04:02 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:02 – 05:35 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Navamī + Śravaṇa alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Śukla Navamī)

🌌 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 Year4965 · Kali-4965
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1813334.27 · 4964.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2401799.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)21.9504° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)106.73° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 9/30)
🪷 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 (21.9504°) · declination -10.46° · EoT 15.83 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:1863-10-21 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)