पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · October 12, 1921 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: पाशाङ्कुशा एकादशी — Pāśāṅkuśā Ekādaśī
Confers strength + wealth + son; equivalent to 1000 Aśvamedha-yajñas.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.71 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
श्रद्धावाननसूयश्च श्रृणुयादपि यो नरः।सोऽपि मुक्तः शुभाँल्लोकान्प्राप्नुयात्पुण्यकर्मणाम्।।18.71।।
"18.71 Yea, he who listens to it with faith and without doubt, even he, freed from evil, shalt rise to the worlds which the virtuous attain through righteous deeds." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.71's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1978 Bhāva
Śaka Saṁvat: 1843 Durmati
Bengali Saṁvat: 1328
Malayalam Era: 1097
Nanakshahi: 452
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ekādaśī (11/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya175.41°KanyāCitrā P1
चन्द्र Candra300.41°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala142.44°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
बुध Budha201.47°TulāViśākhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati161.54°KanyāHasta P1
शुक्र Śukra147.68°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
शनि Śani158.03°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:31 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:14 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:23 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:04 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:22 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 43 Mins 26 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 16 Mins 34 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:57 – 04:44
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:32 – 05:31
Abhijit Muhūrta10:59 – 11:46
Vijaya Muhūrta13:20 – 14:07
Godhūli Muhūrta17:02 – 17:26
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:14 – 17:44
Amṛta Kāla16:59 – 18:44
Niśīta Muhūrta22:59 – 23:46

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:23 – 12:51
Yamaganda06:59 – 08:27
Gulika Kāla09:55 – 11:23
Varjyam06:00 – 06:19
Dur Muhūrta 08:15 – 08:39

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (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):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha05:31 – 06:59 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta06:59 – 08:27 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:27 – 09:55 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha09:55 – 11:23 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:23 – 12:51 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg12:51 – 14:19 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:19 – 15:47 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:47 – 17:14 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:14 – 18:47 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:47 – 20:19 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:19 – 21:51 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta21:51 – 23:23 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:23 – 00:55 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha00:55 – 02:27 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:27 – 03:59 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg03:59 – 05:31 (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 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 Year5023 · Kali-5023
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1834509.27 · 5022.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2422974.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.7603° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)123.57° · 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 (22.7603°) · declination -7.12° · EoT 14.22 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:1921-10-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)