पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · October 25, 1978 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: तुला सङ्क्रान्ति — Tulā Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Libra.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 13.7 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
इच्छा द्वेषः सुखं दुःखं सङ्घातश्चेतनाधृतिः।एतत्क्षेत्रं समासेन सविकारमुदाहृतम्।।13.7।।
"13.7 Desire, aversion, pleasure, pain, sympathy, vitality and the persistent clinging to life, these are in brief the constituents of changing Matter." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.7's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2035 Prajāpati
Śaka Saṁvat: 1900 Kālayukta
Bengali Saṁvat: 1385
Malayalam Era: 1154
Nanakshahi: 509
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Navamī (24/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya187.71°TulāSvātī P1
चन्द्र Candra108.79°KarkaAśleṣā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala210.99°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
बुध Budha203.34°TulāViśākhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati103.61°KarkaPuṣya P4
शुक्र Śukra208.73°TulāViśākhā P3
शनि Śani137.08°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:37 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:04 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:21 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:33 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:37 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 27 Mins 06 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 32 Mins 54 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:06 – 04:51
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:40 – 05:37
Abhijit Muhūrta10:58 – 11:44
Vijaya Muhūrta13:15 – 14:01
Godhūli Muhūrta16:52 – 17:16
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:04 – 17:33
Amṛta Kāla16:49 – 18:34
Niśīta Muhūrta22:58 – 23:44

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:21 – 12:47
Yamaganda07:03 – 08:29
Gulika Kāla09:55 – 11:21
Varjyam06:06 – 06:24
Dur Muhūrta 08:17 – 08:40

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha05:37 – 07:03 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:03 – 08:29 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:29 – 09:55 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha09:55 – 11:21 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:21 – 12:47 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg12:47 – 14:12 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:12 – 15:38 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:38 – 17:04 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:04 – 18:38 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:38 – 20:12 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:12 – 21:47 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta21:47 – 23:21 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:21 – 00:55 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha00:55 – 02:29 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:29 – 04:03 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:03 – 05:37 (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 Year5080 · Kali-5080
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1855341.27 · 5079.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2443806.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.5570° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)281.59° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 24/30)
🪷 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 (23.5570°) · declination -11.91° · EoT 16.23 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:1978-10-25 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)