पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · October 14, 2021 CE

Also observed today

कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति · Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)Pan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 2.21 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga

वेदाविनाशिनं नित्यं य एनमजमव्ययम्।

कथं स पुरुषः पार्थ कं घातयति हन्ति कम्।।2.21।।

"2.21 He who knows the Spirit as Indestructible, Immortal, Unborn, Always-the-Same, how should he kill or cause to be killed?" — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 2.21's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2078 Ānanda

Śaka Saṁvat: 1943 Plava

Bengali Saṁvat: 1428

Malayalam Era: 1197

Nanakshahi: 552

Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)

Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)	Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)	Bālava
वार (Vāra)	Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	176.76°	Kanyā	Citrā P2
चन्द्र Candra	278.25°	Makara	Uttara Āṣāḍhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala	174.49°	Kanyā	Citrā P1
बुध Budha	167.74°	Kanyā	Hasta P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati	298.18°	Makara	Dhaniṣṭhā P2
शुक्र Śukra	222.74°	Vṛścika	Anurādhā P3
शनि Śani	282.76°	Makara	Śravaṇa P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	05:32 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	17:12 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:22 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	12:40 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	23:37 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	11 Hours 39 Mins 55 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	12 Hours 20 Mins 05 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	03:59 – 04:46
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	04:34 – 05:32
Abhijit Muhūrta	10:59 – 11:46
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:19 – 14:06
Godhūli Muhūrta	17:00 – 17:24
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	17:12 – 17:41
Amṛta Kāla	16:57 – 18:42
Niśīta Muhūrta	22:59 – 23:46

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	12:50 – 14:17
Yamaganda	05:32 – 07:00
Gulika Kāla	08:27 – 09:55
Varjyam	06:01 – 06:20
Dur Muhūrta	08:16 – 08:39

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)

Candra Vāsa: South-East

Rāhu Vāsa: North-West

Ānandādi Yoga: Vajra (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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha	05:32 – 07:00 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga	07:00 – 08:27 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg	08:27 – 09:55 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala	09:55 – 11:22 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha	11:22 – 12:50 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta	12:50 – 14:17 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla	14:17 – 15:45 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha	15:45 – 17:12 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta	17:12 – 18:45 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla	18:45 – 20:17 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha	20:17 – 21:50 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga	21:50 – 23:22 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg	23:22 – 00:55 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala	00:55 – 02:27 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha	02:27 – 04:00 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta	04:00 – 05:32 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 22.5958°

Longitude: 88.2636°

Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Bṛhaspati Walk (गुरु यात्रा)

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Navamī + Uttara Āṣāḍhā alignment also occurred on:

-1626101-04-03 — Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Śukla Navamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5123
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1871036.27
Julian Day	2459501.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1573°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	99.56°

🪷 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 (24.1573°), declination -8.16°, EoT 14.65 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: 2021-10-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)