पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · September 26, 1889 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: शारदीय नवरात्रि आरम्भ — Śāradīya Navrātri Start
Autumn Navrātri begins; Devī Mahiṣāsura-mardinī worship for 9 nights.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 5.3 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
ज्ञेयः स नित्यसंन्यासी यो न द्वेष्टि न काङ्क्षति।

निर्द्वन्द्वो हि महाबाहो सुखं बन्धात्प्रमुच्यते।।5.3।।
"5.3 He is a true ascetic who never desires or dislikes, who is uninfluenced by the opposites and is easily freed from bondage." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.3's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1946 Śubhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1811 Virodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1296
Malayalam Era: 1065
Nanakshahi: 420
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya160.82°KanyāHasta P1
चन्द्र Candra172.47°KanyāHasta P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala130.95°SiṃhaMaghā P4
बुध Budha188.08°TulāSvātī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati249.65°DhanuMūla P3
शुक्र Śukra127.93°SiṃhaMaghā P3
शनि Śani127.28°SiṃhaMaghā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:26 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:29 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:27 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:21 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:07 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 03 Mins 04 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 56 Mins 56 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:50 – 04:38
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:26 – 05:26
Abhijit Muhūrta11:03 – 11:52
Vijaya Muhūrta13:28 – 14:16
Godhūli Muhūrta17:17 – 17:41
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:29 – 17:59
Amṛta Kāla17:14 – 18:59
Niśīta Muhūrta23:03 – 23:52

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:58 – 14:28
Yamaganda05:26 – 06:56
Gulika Kāla08:27 – 09:57
Varjyam05:56 – 06:15
Dur Muhūrta 08:15 – 08:39

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (Auspicious)
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 · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:26 – 06:56 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga06:56 – 08:27 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:27 – 09:57 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala09:57 – 11:27 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:27 – 12:58 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta12:58 – 14:28 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:28 – 15:59 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha15:59 – 17:29 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:29 – 18:59 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla18:59 – 20:28 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:28 – 21:58 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga21:58 – 23:27 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:27 – 00:57 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala00:57 – 02:27 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:27 – 03:56 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta03:56 – 05:26 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 22.5958°
Longitude: 88.2636°
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 Year4991 · Kali-4991
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1822806.27 · 4990.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2411271.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.3127° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)10.68° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 1/30)
🪷 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 (22.3127°) · declination -1.25° · EoT 9.50 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:1889-09-26 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)