पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · October 9, 1959 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 14.26 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
मां च योऽव्यभिचारेण भक्ितयोगेन सेवते।स गुणान्समतीत्यैतान् ब्रह्मभूयाय कल्पते।।14.26।।
"14.26 And he who serves Me and only Me, with unfaltering devotion, shall overcome the Qualities, and become One with the Eternal." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.26's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2016 Paridhāvi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1881 Vikāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1366
Malayalam Era: 1135
Nanakshahi: 490
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya171.71°KanyāHasta P4
चन्द्र Candra259.93°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala178.97°KanyāCitrā P2
बुध Budha186.98°TulāSvātī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati218.04°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
शुक्र Śukra131.77°SiṃhaMaghā P4
शनि Śani248.63°DhanuMūla P3

☀️ 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)11:54 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:39 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 47 Mins 31 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 12 Mins 29 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:55 – 04:43
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:31 – 05:30
Abhijit Muhūrta11:00 – 11:47
Vijaya Muhūrta13:21 – 14:09
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 Kāla09:55 – 11:23
Yamaganda14:20 – 15:49
Gulika Kāla06:58 – 08:27
Varjyam05:59 – 06:18
Dur Muhūrta 08:15 – 08:38

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:30 – 06:58 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha06:58 – 08:27 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:27 – 09:55 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla09:55 – 11:23 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:23 – 12:52 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga12:52 – 14:20 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:20 – 15:49 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala15:49 – 17:17 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:17 – 18:49 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg18:49 – 20:20 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:20 – 21:52 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha21:52 – 23:23 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:23 – 00:55 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla00:55 – 02:27 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:27 – 03:58 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga03:58 – 05:30 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Pūrva Āṣāḍhā 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 Year5061 · Kali-5061
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1848385.27 · 5060.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2436850.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.2910° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)85.86° · 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 (23.2910°) · declination -5.91° · EoT 13.49 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:1959-10-09 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)