पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · October 3, 1897 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.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.22 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
पुरुषः स परः पार्थ भक्त्या लभ्यस्त्वनन्यया।

यस्यान्तःस्थानि भूतानि येन सर्वमिदं ततम्।।8.22।।
"8.22 O Arjuna! That Highest God, in Whom all beings abide, and Who pervades the entire universe, is reached only by wholehearted devotion. [The following material (between the asterisks) is an example of what may be a "doctored' inclusion. It does not jibe with the rest of the ma…" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.22's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1954 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1819 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1304
Malayalam Era: 1073
Nanakshahi: 428
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

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

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya167.66°KanyāHasta P3
चन्द्र Candra255.28°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala184.23°TulāCitrā P4
बुध Budha152.92°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati153.28°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
शुक्र Śukra136.74°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
शनि Śani216.09°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:28 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:22 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:25 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:54 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:37 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 53 Mins 55 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 06 Mins 05 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:53 – 04:41
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:29 – 05:28
Abhijit Muhūrta11:01 – 11:49
Vijaya Muhūrta13:24 – 14:12
Godhūli Muhūrta17:10 – 17:34
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:22 – 17:52
Amṛta Kāla17:07 – 18:52
Niśīta Muhūrta23:01 – 23:49

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:53 – 17:22
Yamaganda11:25 – 12:54
Gulika Kāla14:24 – 15:53
Varjyam05:58 – 06:17
Dur Muhūrta 08:15 – 08:39

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (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):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:28 – 06:57 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:57 – 08:27 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:27 – 09:56 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta09:56 – 11:25 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:25 – 12:54 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha12:54 – 14:24 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:24 – 15:53 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:53 – 17:22 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:22 – 18:53 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:53 – 20:24 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:24 – 21:54 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala21:54 – 23:25 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:25 – 00:56 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta00:56 – 02:27 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:27 – 03:57 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:57 – 05:28 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Mūla 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 Year4999 · Kali-4999
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1825735.27 · 4998.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2414200.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.4247° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)85.28° · 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 (22.4247°) · declination -3.99° · EoT 11.79 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:1897-10-03 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)