पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · October 6, 1956 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.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.34 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
इन्द्रियस्येन्द्रियस्यार्थे रागद्वेषौ व्यवस्थितौ।

तयोर्न वशमागच्छेत्तौ ह्यस्य परिपन्थिनौ।।3.34।।
"3.34 The love and hate which are aroused by the objects of sense arise from Nature; do not yield to them. They only obstruct the path." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.34's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2013 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1878 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1363
Malayalam Era: 1132
Nanakshahi: 487
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Tṛtīyā (3/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya169.51°KanyāHasta P3
चन्द्र Candra193.28°TulāSvātī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala320.55°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
बुध Budha154.74°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati145.53°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
शुक्र Śukra127.25°SiṃhaMaghā P3
शनि Śani216.69°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:29 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:19 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:24 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:20 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:39 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 50 Mins 26 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 09 Mins 34 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:54 – 04:42
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:30 – 05:29
Abhijit Muhūrta11:01 – 11:48
Vijaya Muhūrta13:23 – 14:10
Godhūli Muhūrta17:07 – 17:31
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:19 – 17:49
Amṛta Kāla17:04 – 18:49
Niśīta Muhūrta23:01 – 23:48

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:27 – 09:55
Yamaganda12:53 – 14:22
Gulika Kāla05:29 – 06:58
Varjyam05:59 – 06:18
Dur Muhūrta 08:15 – 08:39

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (Auspicious)
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 · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:29 – 06:58 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha06:58 – 08:27 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:27 – 09:55 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg09:55 – 11:24 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:24 – 12:53 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha12:53 – 14:22 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:22 – 15:51 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla15:51 – 17:19 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:19 – 18:51 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta18:51 – 20:22 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:22 – 21:53 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha21:53 – 23:24 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:24 – 00:55 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg00:55 – 02:27 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:27 – 03:58 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha03:58 – 05:29 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 22.5958°
Longitude: 88.2636°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 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 Year5058 · Kali-5058
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1847287.27 · 5057.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2435752.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.2490° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)25.09° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 3/30)
🪷 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 (23.2490°) · declination -5.04° · EoT 12.68 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:1956-10-06 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)