पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · September 25, 1982 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.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 14.1 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाचपरं भूयः प्रवक्ष्यामि ज्ञानानां ज्ञानमुत्तमम्।यज्ज्ञात्वा मुनयः सर्वे परां सिद्धिमितो गताः।।14.1।।
"14.1 "Lord Shri Krishna continued: Now I will reveal unto the Wisdom which is beyond knowledge, by attaining which the sages have reached Perfection." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.1's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2039 Yuva
Śaka Saṁvat: 1904 Dundubhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1389
Malayalam Era: 1158
Nanakshahi: 513
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mūla Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Saubhāgya
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya158.04°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
चन्द्र Candra246.60°DhanuMūla P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala220.09°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
बुध Budha172.62°KanyāHasta P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati197.46°TulāSvātī P4
शुक्र Śukra147.92°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
शनि Śani178.36°KanyāCitrā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:25 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:30 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:28 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:01 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:43 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 05 Mins 02 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 54 Mins 58 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:49 – 04:37
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:25 – 05:25
Abhijit Muhūrta11:04 – 11:52
Vijaya Muhūrta13:29 – 14:17
Godhūli Muhūrta17:18 – 17:42
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:30 – 18:01
Amṛta Kāla17:15 – 19:00
Niśīta Muhūrta23:04 – 23:52

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:27 – 09:57
Yamaganda12:58 – 14:29
Gulika Kāla05:25 – 06:56
Varjyam05:55 – 06:15
Dur Muhūrta 08:14 – 08:39

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (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):
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 Kāla05:25 – 06:56 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha06:56 – 08:27 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:27 – 09:57 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg09:57 – 11:28 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:28 – 12:58 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha12:58 – 14:29 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:29 – 16:00 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:00 – 17:30 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:30 – 19:00 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:00 – 20:29 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:29 – 21:58 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha21:58 – 23:28 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:28 – 00:57 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg00:57 – 02:27 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:27 – 03:56 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha03:56 – 05:25 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Mūla 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 Year5084 · Kali-5084
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1856772.27 · 5083.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2445237.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.6118° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)89.12° · 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 (23.6118°) · declination -0.66° · EoT 9.15 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:1982-09-25 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)