पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · September 30, 2004 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: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.35 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
श्रेयान्स्वधर्मो विगुणः परधर्मात्स्वनुष्ठितात्।

स्वधर्मे निधनं श्रेयः परधर्मो भयावहः।।3.35।।
"3.35 It is better to do thine own duty, however lacking in merit, than to do that of another, even though efficiently. It is better to die doing one's own duty, for to do the duty of another is fraught with danger." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.35's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2061 Hemalambī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1926 Tāraṇa
Bengali Saṁvat: 1411
Malayalam Era: 1180
Nanakshahi: 535
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā (17/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Aśvinī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya163.30°KanyāHasta P1
चन्द्र Candra1.54°MeṣaAśvinī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala158.40°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
बुध Budha158.63°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati157.40°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
शुक्र Śukra121.77°SiṃhaMaghā P1
शनि Śani91.93°KarkaPunarvasu P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:27 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:25 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:26 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:20 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:58 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 57 Mins 41 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 02 Mins 19 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:52 – 04:39
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:27 – 05:27
Abhijit Muhūrta11:02 – 11:50
Vijaya Muhūrta13:26 – 14:14
Godhūli Muhūrta17:13 – 17:37
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:25 – 17:55
Amṛta Kāla17:10 – 18:55
Niśīta Muhūrta23:02 – 23:50

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:56 – 14:26
Yamaganda05:27 – 06:57
Gulika Kāla08:27 – 09:56
Varjyam05:57 – 06:16
Dur Muhūrta 08:15 – 08:39

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (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):
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):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:27 – 06:57 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga06:57 – 08:27 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:27 – 09:56 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala09:56 – 11:26 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:26 – 12:56 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta12:56 – 14:26 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:26 – 15:55 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha15:55 – 17:25 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:25 – 18:55 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla18:55 – 20:26 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:26 – 21:56 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga21:56 – 23:26 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:26 – 00:56 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala00:56 – 02:27 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:27 – 03:57 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta03:57 – 05:27 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā + Aśvinī alignment also occurred on:
-3101-02-18Kali Yuga Epoch (same Aśvinī)

🌌 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 Year5106 · Kali-5106
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1864813.27 · 5105.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2453278.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9193° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)200.21° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 17/30)
🪷 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 (23.9193°) · declination -2.87° · EoT 10.84 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:2004-09-30 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)