पञ्चाङ्ग · September 16, 1885 CE

🪷 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 3.19 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
तस्मादसक्तः सततं कार्यं कर्म समाचर।

असक्तो ह्याचरन्कर्म परमाप्नोति पूरुषः।।3.19।।
"3.19 Therefore do thy duty perfectly, without care for the results, for he who does his duty disinterestedly attains the Supreme." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.19's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1942 Vilambī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1807 Pārthiva
Bengali Saṁvat: 1292
Malayalam Era: 1061
Nanakshahi: 416
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Jyeṣṭhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya151.06°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
चन्द्र Candra238.66°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala98.81°KarkaPuṣya P2
बुध Budha135.40°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati147.23°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
शुक्र Śukra187.68°TulāSvātī P1
शनि Śani75.88°MithunaĀrdrā P3

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Jyeṣṭhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Jyeṣṭhā)
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year4987
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1821335.27
Julian Day2409800.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)22.2564°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)86.97°
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta
Method: Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equation
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: 1885-09-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)
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