पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · October 6, 2097 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: शारदीय नवरात्रि आरम्भ — Śāradīya Navrātri Start
Autumn Navrātri begins; Devī Mahiṣāsura-mardinī worship for 9 nights.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 12.11 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
अथैतदप्यशक्तोऽसि कर्तुं मद्योगमाश्रितः।सर्वकर्मफलत्यागं ततः कुरु यतात्मवान्।।12.11।।
"12.11 And if thou art too weak even for this, then seek refuge in union with Me, and with perfect self-control renounce the fruit of thy action." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.11's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2154 Pramoda
Śaka Saṁvat: 2019 Piṅgala
Bengali Saṁvat: 1504
Malayalam Era: 1273
Nanakshahi: 628
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Citrā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya168.39°KanyāHasta P3
चन्द्र Candra175.12°KanyāCitrā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala284.61°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
बुध Budha178.93°KanyāCitrā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati109.88°KarkaAśleṣā P1
शुक्र Śukra149.70°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
शनि Śani148.30°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:30 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:19 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:24 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:02 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:40 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 49 Mins 19 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 10 Mins 41 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:55 – 04:42
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:30 – 05:30
Abhijit Muhūrta11:01 – 11:48
Vijaya Muhūrta13:22 – 14:10
Godhūli Muhūrta17:07 – 17:31
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:19 – 17:48
Amṛta Kāla17:04 – 18:49
Niśīta Muhūrta23:01 – 23:48

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:50 – 17:19
Yamaganda11:24 – 12:53
Gulika Kāla14:22 – 15:50
Varjyam05:59 – 06:18
Dur Muhūrta 08:15 – 08:39

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-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):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:30 – 06:58 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:58 – 08:27 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:27 – 09:56 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta09:56 – 11:24 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:24 – 12:53 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha12:53 – 14:22 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:22 – 15:50 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:50 – 17:19 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:19 – 18:50 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:50 – 20:22 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:22 – 21:53 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala21:53 – 23:24 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:24 – 00:56 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta00:56 – 02:27 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:27 – 03:58 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:58 – 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 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 Year5199 · Kali-5199
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1898787.27 · 5198.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2487252.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)25.2187° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)8.66° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 1/30)
🪷 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 (25.2187°) · declination -5.37° · 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:2097-10-06 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)