पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · October 7, 1994 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: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.13 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
ततः शङ्खाश्च भेर्यश्च पणवानकगोमुखाः।

सहसैवाभ्यहन्यन्त स शब्दस्तुमुलोऽभवत्।।1.13।।
"1.13 And immediately all the conches and drums, the trumpets and horns, blared forth in tumultuous uproar." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.13's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2051 Sarvajit
Śaka Saṁvat: 1916 Bhāva
Bengali Saṁvat: 1401
Malayalam Era: 1170
Nanakshahi: 525
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvitīyā (2/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya169.77°KanyāHasta P3
चन्द्र Candra195.88°TulāSvātī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala97.66°KarkaPuṣya P2
बुध Budha192.75°TulāSvātī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati202.62°TulāViśākhā P1
शुक्र Śukra203.71°TulāViśākhā P2
शनि Śani312.78°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:29 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:19 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:24 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:31 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:46 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 49 Mins 24 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 10 Mins 36 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:55 – 04:42
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:30 – 05:29
Abhijit Muhūrta11:00 – 11:48
Vijaya Muhūrta13:22 – 14:10
Godhūli Muhūrta17:07 – 17:31
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:19 – 17:48
Amṛta Kāla17:04 – 18:49
Niśīta Muhūrta23:00 – 23:48

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:55 – 11:24
Yamaganda14:21 – 15:50
Gulika Kāla06:58 – 08:27
Varjyam05:59 – 06:18
Dur Muhūrta 08:15 – 08:38

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:29 – 06:58 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha06:58 – 08:27 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:27 – 09:55 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla09:55 – 11:24 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:24 – 12:53 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga12:53 – 14:21 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:21 – 15:50 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala15:50 – 17:19 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:19 – 18:50 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg18:50 – 20:21 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:21 – 21:53 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha21:53 – 23:24 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:24 – 00:55 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla00:55 – 02:27 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:27 – 03:58 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga03:58 – 05:29 (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 Year5096 · Kali-5096
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1861167.27 · 5095.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2449632.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.7799° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)23.81° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 2/30)
🪷 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 (23.7799°) · declination -5.35° · EoT 12.96 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:1994-10-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)