पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · October 8, 2073 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 3.9 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
यज्ञार्थात्कर्मणोऽन्यत्र लोकोऽयं कर्मबन्धनः।

तदर्थं कर्म कौन्तेय मुक्तसंगः समाचर।।3.9।।
"3.9 In this world people are fettered by action, unless it is performed as a sacrifice. Therefore, O Arjuna, let thy acts be done without attachment, as sacrifice only." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.9's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2130 Parābhava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1995 Vijaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1480
Malayalam Era: 1249
Nanakshahi: 604
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 1
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya170.51°KanyāHasta P4
चन्द्र Candra259.98°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala97.77°KarkaPuṣya P2
बुध Budha190.34°TulāSvātī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati103.24°KarkaPuṣya P3
शुक्र Śukra150.85°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
शनि Śani207.54°TulāViśākhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:30 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:17 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:24 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:59 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:44 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 47 Mins 00 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 13 Mins 00 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:56 – 04:43
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:31 – 05:30
Abhijit Muhūrta11:00 – 11:47
Vijaya Muhūrta13:22 – 14:09
Godhūli Muhūrta17:05 – 17:29
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:17 – 17:47
Amṛta Kāla17:02 – 18:47
Niśīta Muhūrta23:00 – 23:47

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:49 – 17:17
Yamaganda11:24 – 12:52
Gulika Kāla14:20 – 15:49
Varjyam06:00 – 06:19
Dur Muhūrta 08:15 – 08:39

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (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):
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 Udveg05:30 – 06:59 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:59 – 08:27 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:27 – 09:55 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta09:55 – 11:24 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:24 – 12:52 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha12:52 – 14:20 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:20 – 15:49 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:49 – 17:17 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:17 – 18:49 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:49 – 20:20 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:20 – 21:52 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala21:52 – 23:24 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:24 – 00:55 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta00:55 – 02:27 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:27 – 03:59 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:59 – 05:30 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 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 Year5175 · Kali-5175
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1890023.27 · 5174.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2478488.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.8835° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)86.32° · 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 (24.8835°) · declination -6.06° · EoT 13.23 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:2073-10-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)