पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · October 23, 2012 CE

🪷 आज: अक्षय नवमी — Akṣaya Navamī (Āmlā Navamī)
Worship of Āmlā tree; equivalent merit to Akṣaya Tṛtīyā.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 7.15 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
न मां दुष्कृतिनो मूढाः प्रपद्यन्ते नराधमाः।

माययापहृतज्ञाना आसुरं भावमाश्रिताः।।7.15।।
"7.15 The sinner, the ignorant, the vile, deprived of spiritual perception by the glamour of Illusion, and he who pursues a godless life - none of them shall find Me." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.15's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2069 Viśvāvasu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1934 Nandana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1419
Malayalam Era: 1188
Nanakshahi: 543
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya186.01°TulāCitrā P4
चन्द्र Candra287.23°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala227.25°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
बुध Budha209.55°TulāViśākhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati51.41°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
शुक्र Śukra149.18°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
शनि Śani187.75°TulāSvātī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:37 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:05 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:21 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:33 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:38 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 28 Mins 35 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 31 Mins 25 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:05 – 04:51
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:39 – 05:37
Abhijit Muhūrta10:58 – 11:44
Vijaya Muhūrta13:16 – 14:02
Godhūli Muhūrta16:53 – 17:17
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:05 – 17:34
Amṛta Kāla16:50 – 18:35
Niśīta Muhūrta22:58 – 23:44

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:13 – 15:39
Yamaganda08:29 – 09:55
Gulika Kāla11:21 – 12:47
Varjyam06:05 – 06:24
Dur Muhūrta 08:17 – 08:40

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
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 · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga05:37 – 07:03 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:03 – 08:29 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:29 – 09:55 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha09:55 – 11:21 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:21 – 12:47 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla12:47 – 14:13 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:13 – 15:39 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:39 – 17:05 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:05 – 18:39 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:39 – 20:13 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:13 – 21:47 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg21:47 – 23:21 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:21 – 00:55 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha00:55 – 02:29 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:29 – 04:03 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:03 – 05:37 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Navamī + Śravaṇa alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Śukla Navamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867758.27
Julian Day2456223.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0319°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)98.74°
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta
Method: Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equation
Tier-2 city localization: spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanamsa (24.0319°), declination -11.48°, EoT 16.06 min · verified ±1 min vs Drikpanchang
Lineage: Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate
Access: Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed
Computed for: 2012-10-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)