पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · October 2, 1995 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: महाष्टमी — Mahā-Aṣṭamī (Durgā-Aṣṭamī)
8th day of Śāradīya Navrātri; Mahiṣāsura-mardinī kṣaṇa.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 10.1 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाच

भूय एव महाबाहो श्रृणु मे परमं वचः।

यत्तेऽहं प्रीयमाणाय वक्ष्यामि हितकाम्यया।।10.1।।
"10.1 "Lord Shri Krishna said: Now, O Prince! Listen to My supreme advice, which I give thee for the sake of thy welfare, for thou art My beloved." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.1's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2052 Sarvadhāri
Śaka Saṁvat: 1917 Yuva
Bengali Saṁvat: 1402
Malayalam Era: 1171
Nanakshahi: 526
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya164.59°KanyāHasta P2
चन्द्र Candra260.34°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala203.02°TulāViśākhā P1
बुध Budha171.26°KanyāHasta P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati226.97°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
शुक्र Śukra175.99°KanyāCitrā P1
शनि Śani326.20°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:27 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:24 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:25 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:26 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:11 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 56 Mins 09 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 03 Mins 51 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:52 – 04:40
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:28 – 05:27
Abhijit Muhūrta11:02 – 11:49
Vijaya Muhūrta13:25 – 14:13
Godhūli Muhūrta17:12 – 17:36
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:24 – 17:53
Amṛta Kāla17:09 – 18:54
Niśīta Muhūrta23:02 – 23:49

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla06:57 – 08:26
Yamaganda09:56 – 11:25
Gulika Kāla12:55 – 14:24
Varjyam05:57 – 06:16
Dur Muhūrta 08:14 – 08:38

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta05:27 – 06:57 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla06:57 – 08:26 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:26 – 09:56 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga09:56 – 11:25 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:25 – 12:55 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala12:55 – 14:24 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:24 – 15:54 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta15:54 – 17:24 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:24 – 18:54 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha18:54 – 20:24 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:24 – 21:55 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla21:55 – 23:25 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:25 – 00:56 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga00:56 – 02:26 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:26 – 03:57 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala03:57 – 05:27 (neutral)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 22.5958°
Longitude: 88.2636°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Pūrva Āṣāḍhā 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 Year5097 · Kali-5097
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1861527.27 · 5096.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2449992.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.7936° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)95.38° · 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 (23.7936°) · declination -3.32° · EoT 11.48 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:1995-10-02 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)