पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · October 31, 1996 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: तुला सङ्क्रान्ति — Tulā Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Libra.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.20 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
न जायते म्रियते वा कदाचि

न्नायं भूत्वा भविता वा न भूयः।

अजो नित्यः शाश्वतोऽयं पुराणो

न हन्यते हन्यमाने शरीरे।।2.20।।
"2.20 It was not born; It will never die, nor once having been, can It cease to be. Unborn, Eternal, Ever-enduring, yet Most Ancient, the Spirit dies not when the body is dead." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2053 Virodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1918 Dhātṛ
Bengali Saṁvat: 1403
Malayalam Era: 1172
Nanakshahi: 527
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pañcamī (20/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya194.09°TulāSvātī P3
चन्द्र Candra67.85°MithunaĀrdrā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala126.62°SiṃhaMaghā P2
बुध Budha192.79°TulāSvātī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati258.91°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शुक्र Śukra158.13°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
शनि Śani337.72°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:41 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:00 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:20 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)20:11 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:40 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 19 Mins 20 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 40 Mins 40 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:10 – 04:56
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:44 – 05:41
Abhijit Muhūrta10:58 – 11:43
Vijaya Muhūrta13:14 – 13:59
Godhūli Muhūrta16:48 – 17:12
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:00 – 17:28
Amṛta Kāla16:45 – 18:30
Niśīta Muhūrta22:58 – 23:43

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:45 – 14:10
Yamaganda05:41 – 07:06
Gulika Kāla08:31 – 09:56
Varjyam06:09 – 06:27
Dur Muhūrta 08:19 – 08:42

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mausala (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
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 · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:41 – 07:06 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:06 – 08:31 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:31 – 09:56 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala09:56 – 11:20 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:20 – 12:45 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta12:45 – 14:10 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:10 – 15:35 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha15:35 – 17:00 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:00 – 18:35 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla18:35 – 20:10 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:10 – 21:45 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga21:45 – 23:20 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:20 – 00:56 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala00:56 – 02:31 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:31 – 04:06 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:06 – 05:41 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 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 Year5098 · Kali-5098
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1861922.27 · 5097.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450387.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8087° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)235.21° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 20/30)
🪷 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 (23.8087°) · declination -14.14° · EoT 16.45 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:1996-10-31 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)