पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · October 18, 1991 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 8.20 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
परस्तस्मात्तु भावोऽन्योऽव्यक्तोऽव्यक्तात्सनातनः।

यः स सर्वेषु भूतेषु नश्यत्सु न विनश्यति।।8.20।।
"8.20 In truth, therefore, there is the Eternal Unmanifest, which is beyond and above the Unmanifest Spirit of Creation, which is never destroyed when all these being perish." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2048 Tāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1913 Prajāpati
Bengali Saṁvat: 1398
Malayalam Era: 1167
Nanakshahi: 522
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya180.42°TulāCitrā P3
चन्द्र Candra295.54°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala187.25°TulāSvātī P1
बुध Budha190.19°TulāSvātī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati133.18°SiṃhaMaghā P4
शुक्र Śukra134.96°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
शनि Śani276.47°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:34 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:09 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:22 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:25 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:39 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 35 Mins 50 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 24 Mins 10 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:01 – 04:47
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:36 – 05:34
Abhijit Muhūrta10:58 – 11:45
Vijaya Muhūrta13:18 – 14:04
Godhūli Muhūrta16:57 – 17:21
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:09 – 17:38
Amṛta Kāla16:54 – 18:39
Niśīta Muhūrta22:58 – 23:45

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:55 – 11:22
Yamaganda14:16 – 15:42
Gulika Kāla07:01 – 08:28
Varjyam06:03 – 06:21
Dur Muhūrta 08:16 – 08:39

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:34 – 07:01 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:01 – 08:28 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:28 – 09:55 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla09:55 – 11:22 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:22 – 12:49 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga12:49 – 14:16 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:16 – 15:42 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala15:42 – 17:09 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:09 – 18:42 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg18:42 – 20:16 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:16 – 21:49 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha21:49 – 23:22 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:22 – 00:55 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla00:55 – 02:28 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:28 – 04:01 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:01 – 05:34 (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 Year5093 · Kali-5093
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1860082.27 · 5092.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2448547.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.7384° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)115.78° · 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 (23.7384°) · declination -9.37° · EoT 15.40 min · city civil-time localizationLineage: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:1991-10-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)