पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · September 23, 2006 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 4.14 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
न मां कर्माणि लिम्पन्ति न मे कर्मफले स्पृहा।

इति मां योऽभिजानाति कर्मभिर्न स बध्यते।।4.14।।
"4.14 My actions do not fetter Me, nor do I desire anything that they can bring. He who thus realises Me is not enslaved by action." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.14's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2063 Vikāri
Śaka Saṁvat: 1928 Vyaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1413
Malayalam Era: 1182
Nanakshahi: 537
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

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

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya155.94°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
चन्द्र Candra161.88°KanyāHasta P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala165.61°KanyāHasta P2
बुध Budha172.42°KanyāHasta P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati203.79°TulāViśākhā P2
शुक्र Śukra146.80°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
शनि Śani116.42°KarkaAśleṣā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:25 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:32 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:29 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:54 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:51 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 07 Mins 22 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 52 Mins 38 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:48 – 04:36
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:24 – 05:25
Abhijit Muhūrta11:04 – 11:53
Vijaya Muhūrta13:30 – 14:18
Godhūli Muhūrta17:20 – 17:44
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:32 – 18:03
Amṛta Kāla17:17 – 19:02
Niśīta Muhūrta23:04 – 23:53

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:27 – 09:58
Yamaganda12:59 – 14:30
Gulika Kāla05:25 – 06:56
Varjyam05:55 – 06:15
Dur Muhūrta 08:15 – 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: Varṣā (Monsoon)
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 Kāla05:25 – 06:56 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha06:56 – 08:27 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:27 – 09:58 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg09:58 – 11:29 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:29 – 12:59 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha12:59 – 14:30 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:30 – 16:01 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:01 – 17:32 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:32 – 19:01 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:01 – 20:30 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:30 – 21:59 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha21:59 – 23:29 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:29 – 00:58 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg00:58 – 02:27 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:27 – 03:56 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha03:56 – 05:25 (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 Year5108 · Kali-5108
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1865536.27 · 5107.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2454001.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9470° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)7.42° · 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 (23.9470°) · declination 0.05° · EoT 8.44 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:2006-09-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)