पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · October 6, 2057 CE

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अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: महाष्टमी — Mahā-Aṣṭamī (Durgā-Aṣṭamī)
8th day of Śāradīya Navrātri; Mahiṣāsura-mardinī kṣaṇa.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 16.20 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga
आसुरीं योनिमापन्ना मूढा जन्मनि जन्मनि।

मामप्राप्यैव कौन्तेय ततो यान्त्यधमां गतिम्।।16.20।।
"16.20 So reborn, they spend life after life, enveloped in delusion. And they never reach Me, O Prince, but degenerate into still lower forms of life." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 16.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2114 Vikṛti
Śaka Saṁvat: 1979 Īśvara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1464
Malayalam Era: 1233
Nanakshahi: 588
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya168.64°KanyāHasta P3
चन्द्र Candra265.10°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala197.15°TulāSvātī P4
बुध Budha172.98°KanyāHasta P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati313.40°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
शुक्र Śukra147.50°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
शनि Śani8.76°MeṣaAśvinī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:29 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:19 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:24 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:26 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:14 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 49 Mins 44 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 10 Mins 16 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:55 – 04:42
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:30 – 05:29
Abhijit Muhūrta11:01 – 11:48
Vijaya Muhūrta13:23 – 14:10
Godhūli Muhūrta17:07 – 17:31
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:19 – 17:49
Amṛta Kāla17:04 – 18:49
Niśīta Muhūrta23:01 – 23:48

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:27 – 09:56
Yamaganda12:53 – 14:22
Gulika Kāla05:29 – 06:58
Varjyam05:59 – 06:18
Dur Muhūrta 08:15 – 08:39

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (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):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:29 – 06:58 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha06:58 – 08:27 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:27 – 09:56 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg09:56 – 11:24 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:24 – 12:53 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha12:53 – 14:22 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:22 – 15:50 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla15:50 – 17:19 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:19 – 18:50 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta18:50 – 20:22 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:22 – 21:53 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha21:53 – 23:24 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:24 – 00:56 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg00:56 – 02:27 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:27 – 03:58 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha03:58 – 05:29 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Pūrva Āṣāḍhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

🌌 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 Year5159 · Kali-5159
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1884177.27 · 5158.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2472642.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.6599° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)95.99° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 8/30)
🪷 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 (24.6599°) · declination -5.25° · EoT 12.68 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:2057-10-06 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)