पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · September 27, 2003 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: शारदीय नवरात्रि आरम्भ — Śāradīya Navrātri Start
Autumn Navrātri begins; Devī Mahiṣāsura-mardinī worship for 9 nights.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 12.17 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
यो न हृष्यति न द्वेष्टि न शोचति न काङ्क्षति।शुभाशुभपरित्यागी भक्ितमान्यः स मे प्रियः।।12.17।।
"12.17 He who is beyond joy and hate, who neither laments nor desires, to whom good and evil fortunes are the same, such a one is My beloved." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2060 Durmukhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1925 Subhānu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1410
Malayalam Era: 1179
Nanakshahi: 534
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya159.63°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
चन्द्र Candra171.96°KanyāHasta P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala306.10°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
बुध Budha141.80°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati132.64°SiṃhaMaghā P4
शुक्र Śukra170.21°KanyāHasta P4
शनि Śani78.48°MithunaĀrdrā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:26 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:28 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:27 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:24 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:09 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 02 Mins 33 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 57 Mins 27 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:49 – 04:38
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:26 – 05:26
Abhijit Muhūrta11:03 – 11:51
Vijaya Muhūrta13:28 – 14:16
Godhūli Muhūrta17:16 – 17:40
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:28 – 17:58
Amṛta Kāla17:13 – 18:58
Niśīta Muhūrta23:03 – 23:51

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:26 – 09:57
Yamaganda12:57 – 14:28
Gulika Kāla05:26 – 06:56
Varjyam05:56 – 06:15
Dur Muhūrta 08:14 – 08:39

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Vajra (Inauspicious)
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):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:26 – 06:56 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha06:56 – 08:26 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:26 – 09:57 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg09:57 – 11:27 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:27 – 12:57 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha12:57 – 14:28 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:28 – 15:58 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla15:58 – 17:28 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:28 – 18:58 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta18:58 – 20:28 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:28 – 21:57 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha21:57 – 23:27 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:27 – 00:57 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg00:57 – 02:26 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:26 – 03:56 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha03:56 – 05:26 (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 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 Year5105 · Kali-5105
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1864444.27 · 5104.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2452909.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9052° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)10.48° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 1/30)
🪷 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 (23.9052°) · declination -1.40° · EoT 9.84 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:2003-09-27 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)