पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · October 1, 1979 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: विजय दशमी — Vijaya Daśamī (Dasarā / Daśaharā)
Rāma's victory over Rāvaṇa; Durgā's victory; ārambha-divasa for śilpa-kalā.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.17 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
यस्त्वात्मरतिरेव स्यादात्मतृप्तश्च मानवः।

आत्मन्येव च सन्तुष्टस्तस्य कार्यं न विद्यते।।3.17।।
"3.17 On the other hand, the soul who meditates on the Self is content to serve the Self and rests satisfied within the Self; there remains nothing more for him to accomplish." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2036 Aṅgirasa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1901 Siddhārthī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1386
Malayalam Era: 1155
Nanakshahi: 510
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya163.70°KanyāHasta P2
चन्द्र Candra277.67°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala100.36°KarkaPuṣya P3
बुध Budha177.18°KanyāCitrā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati126.51°SiṃhaMaghā P2
शुक्र Śukra173.82°KanyāCitrā P1
शनि Śani146.01°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:27 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:25 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:26 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:34 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:30 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 57 Mins 36 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 02 Mins 24 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:51 – 04:39
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:27 – 05:27
Abhijit Muhūrta11:02 – 11:50
Vijaya Muhūrta13:25 – 14:13
Godhūli Muhūrta17:13 – 17:37
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:25 – 17:54
Amṛta Kāla17:10 – 18:55
Niśīta Muhūrta23:02 – 23:50

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla06:57 – 08:26
Yamaganda09:56 – 11:26
Gulika Kāla12:55 – 14:25
Varjyam05:57 – 06:16
Dur Muhūrta 08:14 – 08:38

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (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):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta05:27 – 06:57 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla06:57 – 08:26 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:26 – 09:56 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga09:56 – 11:26 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:26 – 12:55 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala12:55 – 14:25 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:25 – 15:55 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta15:55 – 17:25 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:25 – 18:55 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha18:55 – 20:25 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:25 – 21:55 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla21:55 – 23:26 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:26 – 00:56 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga00:56 – 02:26 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:26 – 03:57 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala03:57 – 05:27 (neutral)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 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 Year5081 · Kali-5081
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1855682.27 · 5080.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2444147.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.5701° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)117.12° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 10/30)
🪷 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 (23.5701°) · declination -2.89° · EoT 11.17 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:1979-10-01 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)