पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · September 20, 1885 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 3.23 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
यदि ह्यहं न वर्तेयं जातु कर्मण्यतन्द्रितः।

मम वर्त्मानुवर्तन्ते मनुष्याः पार्थ सर्वशः।।3.23।।
"3.23 For were I not to act without ceasing, O prince, people would be glad to do likewise." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.23's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1942 Vilambī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1807 Pārthiva
Bengali Saṁvat: 1292
Malayalam Era: 1061
Nanakshahi: 416
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ekādaśī (11/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya154.97°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
चन्द्र Candra286.30°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala101.26°KarkaPuṣya P3
बुध Budha138.86°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati148.09°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
शुक्र Śukra192.48°TulāSvātī P2
शनि Śani76.12°MithunaĀrdrā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:24 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:35 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:30 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:44 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:46 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 10 Mins 54 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 49 Mins 06 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:47 – 04:35
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:23 – 05:24
Abhijit Muhūrta11:05 – 11:54
Vijaya Muhūrta13:31 – 14:20
Godhūli Muhūrta17:23 – 17:47
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:35 – 18:05
Amṛta Kāla17:20 – 19:05
Niśīta Muhūrta23:05 – 23:54

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:04 – 17:35
Yamaganda11:30 – 13:01
Gulika Kāla14:32 – 16:04
Varjyam05:55 – 06:14
Dur Muhūrta 08:15 – 08:39

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mausala (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
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 Udveg05:24 – 06:56 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:56 – 08:27 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:27 – 09:58 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta09:58 – 11:30 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:30 – 13:01 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:01 – 14:32 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:32 – 16:04 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:04 – 17:35 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:35 – 19:04 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:04 – 20:32 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:32 – 22:01 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:01 – 23:30 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:30 – 00:58 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta00:58 – 02:27 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:27 – 03:56 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:56 – 05:24 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 22.5958°
Longitude: 88.2636°
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 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 Year4987 · Kali-4987
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1821339.27 · 4986.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2409804.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.2566° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)130.11° · 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 (22.2566°) · declination 1.10° · EoT 7.35 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:1885-09-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)