पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · October 9, 1946 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: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.8 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
भवान्भीष्मश्च कर्णश्च कृपश्च समितिञ्जयः।

अश्वत्थामा विकर्णश्च सौमदत्तिस्तथैव च।।1.8।।
"1.8 You come first; then Bheeshma, Karna, Kripa, great soldiers; Ashwaththama, Vikarna and the son of Somadhatta;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2003 Vikāri
Śaka Saṁvat: 1868 Vyaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1353
Malayalam Era: 1122
Nanakshahi: 477
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Bhādrapadā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vṛddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya172.04°KanyāHasta P4
चन्द्र Candra328.16°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala197.39°TulāSvātī P4
बुध Budha189.28°TulāSvātī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati191.07°TulāSvātī P2
शुक्र Śukra214.06°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
शनि Śani104.44°KarkaPuṣya P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:30 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:17 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:23 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:51 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:45 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 47 Mins 19 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 12 Mins 41 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:55 – 04:43
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:31 – 05:30
Abhijit Muhūrta11:00 – 11:47
Vijaya Muhūrta13:21 – 14:08
Godhūli Muhūrta17:05 – 17:29
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:17 – 17:47
Amṛta Kāla17:02 – 18:47
Niśīta Muhūrta23:00 – 23:47

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:23 – 12:52
Yamaganda06:58 – 08:27
Gulika Kāla09:55 – 11:23
Varjyam05:59 – 06:18
Dur Muhūrta 08:15 – 08:38

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Vajra (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha05:30 – 06:58 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta06:58 – 08:27 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:27 – 09:55 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha09:55 – 11:23 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:23 – 12:52 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg12:52 – 14:20 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:20 – 15:49 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:49 – 17:17 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:17 – 18:49 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:49 – 20:20 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:20 – 21:52 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta21:52 – 23:23 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:23 – 00:55 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha00:55 – 02:27 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:27 – 03:58 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg03:58 – 05:30 (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 Year5048 · Kali-5048
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1843637.27 · 5047.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2432102.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.1094° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)155.71° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 13/30)
🪷 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 (23.1094°) · declination -5.97° · EoT 13.49 min · verified ±1 min vs DrikpanchangLineage: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:1946-10-09 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)