पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · September 14, 2002 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: राधाष्टमी — Rādhāṣṭamī
Manifestation of Śrī Rādhā at Barsānā — Krishna's ādi-śakti.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.61 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
तानि सर्वाणि संयम्य युक्त आसीत मत्परः।

वशे हि यस्येन्द्रियाणि तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता।।2.61।।
"2.61 Restraining them all, let him meditate steadfastly on Me; for who thus conquers his senses achieves perfection." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.61's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2059 Manmatha
Śaka Saṁvat: 1924 Citrabhānu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1409
Malayalam Era: 1178
Nanakshahi: 533
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Jyeṣṭhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Prīti
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya147.18°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
चन्द्र Candra240.66°DhanuMūla P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala135.92°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
बुध Budha169.51°KanyāHasta P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati105.09°KarkaPuṣya P4
शुक्र Śukra190.67°TulāSvātī P2
शनि Śani64.44°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:22 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:41 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:32 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:24 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:07 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 19 Mins 02 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 40 Mins 58 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:44 – 04:33
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:21 – 05:22
Abhijit Muhūrta11:07 – 11:56
Vijaya Muhūrta13:35 – 14:24
Godhūli Muhūrta17:29 – 17:53
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:41 – 18:12
Amṛta Kāla17:26 – 19:11
Niśīta Muhūrta23:07 – 23:56

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:27 – 09:59
Yamaganda13:04 – 14:37
Gulika Kāla05:22 – 06:55
Varjyam05:53 – 06:13
Dur Muhūrta 08:15 – 08:39

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (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 · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:22 – 06:55 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha06:55 – 08:27 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:27 – 09:59 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg09:59 – 11:32 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:32 – 13:04 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:04 – 14:37 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:37 – 16:09 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:09 – 17:41 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:41 – 19:09 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:09 – 20:37 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:37 – 22:04 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:04 – 23:32 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:32 – 00:59 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg00:59 – 02:27 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:27 – 03:55 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha03:55 – 05:22 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Jyeṣṭhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Jyeṣṭhā)
-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 Year5104 · Kali-5104
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1864066.27 · 5103.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2452531.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8907° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)90.60° · 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 (23.8907°) · declination 3.54° · EoT 5.13 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:2002-09-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)