पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · September 25, 2001 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 11.41 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
सखेति मत्वा प्रसभं यदुक्तं

हे कृष्ण हे यादव हे सखेति।

अजानता महिमानं तवेदं

मया प्रमादात्प्रणयेन वापि।।11.41।।
"11.41 Whatever I have said unto Thee in rashness, taking Thee only for a friend and addressing Thee as O Krishna! O Yadava! O Friend!' in thoughtless familiarity, no understanding Thy greatness;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.41's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2058 Jaya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1923 Vṛṣa
Bengali Saṁvat: 1408
Malayalam Era: 1177
Nanakshahi: 532
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mūla Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Saubhāgya
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya158.17°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
चन्द्र Candra255.40°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala255.11°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
बुध Budha183.70°TulāCitrā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati79.39°MithunaĀrdrā P4
शुक्र Śukra130.96°SiṃhaMaghā P4
शनि Śani51.02°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:26 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:30 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:28 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:35 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:19 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 04 Mins 30 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 55 Mins 30 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:49 – 04:37
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:25 – 05:26
Abhijit Muhūrta11:04 – 11:52
Vijaya Muhūrta13:29 – 14:17
Godhūli Muhūrta17:18 – 17:42
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:30 – 18:00
Amṛta Kāla17:15 – 19:00
Niśīta Muhūrta23:04 – 23:52

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:29 – 15:59
Yamaganda08:27 – 09:57
Gulika Kāla11:28 – 12:58
Varjyam05:56 – 06:15
Dur Muhūrta 08:15 – 08:39

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga05:26 – 06:56 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg06:56 – 08:27 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:27 – 09:57 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha09:57 – 11:28 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:28 – 12:58 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla12:58 – 14:29 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:29 – 15:59 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:59 – 17:30 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:30 – 18:59 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:59 – 20:29 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:29 – 21:58 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg21:58 – 23:28 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:28 – 00:57 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha00:57 – 02:27 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:27 – 03:56 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla03:56 – 05:26 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Mūla 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 Year5103 · Kali-5103
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1863712.27 · 5102.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2452177.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8772° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)95.06° · 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 (23.8772°) · declination -0.81° · EoT 9.15 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:2001-09-25 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)