पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · October 4, 1986 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: शारदीय नवरात्रि आरम्भ — Śāradīya Navrātri Start
Autumn Navrātri begins; Devī Mahiṣāsura-mardinī worship for 9 nights.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 16.22 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga
एतैर्विमुक्तः कौन्तेय तमोद्वारैस्त्रिभिर्नरः।आचरत्यात्मनः श्रेयस्ततो याति परां गतिम्।।16.22।।
"16.22 These are the gates which lead to darkness; if a man avoid them he will ensure his own welfare, and in the end will attain his liberation." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 16.22's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2043 Pramāthi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1908 Akṣaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1393
Malayalam Era: 1162
Nanakshahi: 517
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Kiṃstughna
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya166.86°KanyāHasta P3
चन्द्र Candra170.09°KanyāHasta P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala273.83°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
बुध Budha186.50°TulāCitrā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati322.12°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
शुक्र Śukra204.60°TulāViśākhā P2
शनि Śani221.61°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:28 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:22 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:25 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:44 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:31 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 53 Mins 20 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 06 Mins 40 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:53 – 04:41
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:29 – 05:28
Abhijit Muhūrta11:01 – 11:49
Vijaya Muhūrta13:24 – 14:11
Godhūli Muhūrta17:10 – 17:34
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:22 – 17:51
Amṛta Kāla17:07 – 18:52
Niśīta Muhūrta23:01 – 23:49

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:27 – 09:56
Yamaganda12:54 – 14:23
Gulika Kāla05:28 – 06:57
Varjyam05:58 – 06:17
Dur Muhūrta 08:15 – 08:38

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Vajra (Inauspicious)
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 · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:28 – 06:57 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha06:57 – 08:27 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:27 – 09:56 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg09:56 – 11:25 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:25 – 12:54 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha12:54 – 14:23 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:23 – 15:52 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla15:52 – 17:22 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:22 – 18:52 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta18:52 – 20:23 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:23 – 21:54 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha21:54 – 23:25 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:25 – 00:56 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg00:56 – 02:27 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:27 – 03:57 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha03:57 – 05:28 (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 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 Year5088 · Kali-5088
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1858242.27 · 5087.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2446707.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.6680° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)1.96° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 1/30)
🪷 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 (23.6680°) · declination -4.17° · EoT 12.10 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:1986-10-04 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)