पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · October 16, 2020 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
Or visit /cities · universal Earth-access (Sanskrit: Bhūmi Mātā · Mother Earth) · live pañchāṅga renders for supported city records worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 10.34 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
मृत्युः सर्वहरश्चाहमुद्भवश्च भविष्यताम्।

कीर्तिः श्रीर्वाक्च नारीणां स्मृतिर्मेधा धृतिः क्षमा।।10.34।।
"10.34 I am all-devouring Death; I am the Origin of all that shall happen; I am Fame, Fortune, Speech, Memory, Intellect, Constancy and Forgiveness." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.34's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina (Adhika) Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2077 Pramādī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1942 Śārvarī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1427
Malayalam Era: 1196
Nanakshahi: 551
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā (30/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Catuṣpāda
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya179.00°KanyāCitrā P2
चन्द्र Candra167.88°KanyāHasta P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala355.90°MīnaRevatī P3
बुध Budha197.27°TulāSvātī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati264.97°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शुक्र Śukra141.15°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
शनि Śani271.42°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:33 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:10 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:22 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:43 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:32 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 37 Mins 06 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 22 Mins 54 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:00 – 04:47
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:35 – 05:33
Abhijit Muhūrta10:59 – 11:45
Vijaya Muhūrta13:18 – 14:05
Godhūli Muhūrta16:58 – 17:22
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:10 – 17:39
Amṛta Kāla16:55 – 18:40
Niśīta Muhūrta22:59 – 23:45

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:55 – 11:22
Yamaganda14:16 – 15:43
Gulika Kāla07:00 – 08:28
Varjyam06:02 – 06:21
Dur Muhūrta 08:16 – 08:39

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Saumya (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Tropical 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 Chala05:33 – 07:00 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:00 – 08:28 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:28 – 09:55 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla09:55 – 11:22 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:22 – 12:49 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga12:49 – 14:16 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:16 – 15:43 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala15:43 – 17:10 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:10 – 18:43 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg18:43 – 20:16 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:16 – 21:49 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha21:49 – 23:22 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:22 – 00:55 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla00:55 – 02:28 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:28 – 04:00 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:00 – 05:33 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā + Hasta alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā)

🌌 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 Year5122 · Kali-5122
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870673.27 · 5121.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2459138.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.1434° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)349.05° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 30/30)
🪷 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 (24.1434°) · declination -8.99° · EoT 15.05 min · city civil-time localizationLineage: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:2020-10-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)