पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · October 16, 2048 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: विजय दशमी — Vijaya Daśamī (Dasarā / Daśaharā)
Rāma's victory over Rāvaṇa; Durgā's victory; ārambha-divasa for śilpa-kalā.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.71 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
विहाय कामान्यः सर्वान्पुमांश्चरति निःस्पृहः।

निर्ममो निरहंकारः स शांतिमधिगच्छति।।2.71।।
"2.71 He attains Peace who, giving up desire, moves through the world without aspiration, possessing nothing which he can call his own, and free from pride." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.71's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2105 Vṛṣa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1970 Vibhava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1455
Malayalam Era: 1224
Nanakshahi: 579
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya178.82°KanyāCitrā P2
चन्द्र Candra288.57°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala263.06°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
बुध Budha160.51°KanyāHasta P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati66.16°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P4
शुक्र Śukra214.39°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
शनि Śani254.94°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1

☀️ 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)13:07 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:15 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 36 Mins 50 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 23 Mins 10 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:01 – 04:47
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:35 – 05:33
Abhijit Muhūrta10:59 – 11:45
Vijaya Muhūrta13:18 – 14:04
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 Kāla07:01 – 08:28
Varjyam06:03 – 06:21
Dur Muhūrta 08:16 – 08:39

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (Auspicious)
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):
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 Chala05:33 – 07:01 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:01 – 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 – 04:01 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:01 – 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 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 Year5150 · Kali-5150
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1880900.27 · 5149.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2469365.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.5346° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)108.91° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 10/30)
🪷 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 (24.5346°) · declination -9.07° · EoT 15.05 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:2048-10-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)