पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · October 26, 1979 CE

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अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: छठ पूजा — Chhaṭh Pūjā
Bihar/UP festival worshiping Sūrya. 6th day of Kārtika Śukla.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.42 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
इन्द्रियाणि पराण्याहुरिन्द्रियेभ्यः परं मनः।

मनसस्तु परा बुद्धिर्यो बुद्धेः परतस्तु सः।।3.42।।
"3.42 It is said that the senses are powerful. But beyond the senses is the mind, beyond the mind is the intellect, and beyond and greater than intellect is He." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.42's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

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

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mūla Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya188.46°TulāSvātī P1
चन्द्र Candra246.96°DhanuMūla P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala114.42°KarkaAśleṣā P3
बुध Budha212.33°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati130.98°SiṃhaMaghā P4
शुक्र Śukra204.96°TulāViśākhā P2
शनि Śani148.89°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:38 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:04 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:21 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:53 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:36 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 26 Mins 12 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 33 Mins 48 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:06 – 04:52
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:40 – 05:38
Abhijit Muhūrta10:58 – 11:44
Vijaya Muhūrta13:15 – 14:01
Godhūli Muhūrta16:52 – 17:16
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:04 – 17:32
Amṛta Kāla16:49 – 18:34
Niśīta Muhūrta22:58 – 23:44

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:55 – 11:21
Yamaganda14:12 – 15:38
Gulika Kāla07:03 – 08:29
Varjyam06:06 – 06:24
Dur Muhūrta 08:18 – 08:41

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:38 – 07:03 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:03 – 08:29 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:29 – 09:55 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla09:55 – 11:21 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:21 – 12:46 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga12:46 – 14:12 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:12 – 15:38 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala15:38 – 17:04 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:04 – 18:38 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg18:38 – 20:12 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:12 – 21:46 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha21:46 – 23:21 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:21 – 00:55 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla00:55 – 02:29 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:29 – 04:03 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:03 – 05:38 (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 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)1855707.27 · 5080.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2444172.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.5710° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)60.31° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 6/30)
🪷 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 (23.5710°) · declination -12.18° · EoT 16.30 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:1979-10-26 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)