पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · October 7, 2004 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: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.42 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
इन्द्रियाणि पराण्याहुरिन्द्रियेभ्यः परं मनः।

मनसस्तु परा बुद्धिर्यो बुद्धेः परतस्तु सः।।3.42।।
"3.42 It is said that the senses are powerful. But beyond the senses is the mind, beyond the mind is the intellect, and beyond and greater than intellect is He." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.42'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 Navamī (24/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Punarvasu Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya170.20°KanyāHasta P4
चन्द्र Candra86.83°MithunaPunarvasu P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala162.94°KanyāHasta P1
बुध Budha171.01°KanyāHasta P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati158.91°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
शुक्र Śukra129.89°SiṃhaMaghā P3
शनि Śani92.37°KarkaPunarvasu P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:30 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:18 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:24 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:09 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:32 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 48 Mins 40 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 11 Mins 20 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:55 – 04:42
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:31 – 05:30
Abhijit Muhūrta11:00 – 11:48
Vijaya Muhūrta13:22 – 14:09
Godhūli Muhūrta17:06 – 17:30
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:18 – 17:48
Amṛta Kāla17:03 – 18:48
Niśīta Muhūrta23:00 – 23:48

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:53 – 14:21
Yamaganda05:30 – 06:58
Gulika Kāla08:27 – 09:55
Varjyam05:59 – 06:18
Dur Muhūrta 08:15 – 08:39

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:30 – 06:58 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga06:58 – 08:27 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:27 – 09:55 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala09:55 – 11:24 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:24 – 12:53 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta12:53 – 14:21 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:21 – 15:50 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha15:50 – 17:18 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:18 – 18:50 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla18:50 – 20:21 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:21 – 21:53 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga21:53 – 23:24 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:24 – 00:55 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala00:55 – 02:27 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:27 – 03:58 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta03:58 – 05:30 (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 Navamī + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

🌌 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)1864820.27 · 5105.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2453285.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9196° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)277.92° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 24/30)
🪷 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 (23.9196°) · declination -5.57° · EoT 12.96 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:2004-10-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)