पञ्चाङ्ग — Asansol, West Bengal · August 7, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.44 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
पूर्वाभ्यासेन तेनैव ह्रियते ह्यवशोऽपि सः।

जिज्ञासुरपि योगस्य शब्दब्रह्मातिवर्तते।।6.44।।
"6.44 Unconsciously he will return to the practices of his old life; so that he who tries to realise spiritual consciousness is certainly superior to one who only talks of it." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.44's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pañcamī (5/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya110.89°KarkaAśleṣā P2
चन्द्र Candra159.96°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala217.48°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
बुध Budha136.16°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati148.51°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
शुक्र Śukra127.43°SiṃhaMaghā P3
शनि Śani225.54°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:14 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:21 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:48 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:04 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:04 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 06 Mins 44 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 53 Mins 16 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:29 – 04:22
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:09 – 05:14
Abhijit Muhūrta11:21 – 12:14
Vijaya Muhūrta13:59 – 14:51
Godhūli Muhūrta18:09 – 18:33
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:21 – 18:54
Amṛta Kāla18:06 – 19:51
Niśīta Muhūrta23:21 – 00:14

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:43 – 18:21
Yamaganda11:48 – 13:26
Gulika Kāla15:04 – 16:43
Varjyam05:47 – 06:08
Dur Muhūrta 08:18 – 08:44

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
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 · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:14 – 06:53 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:53 – 08:31 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:31 – 10:09 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:09 – 11:48 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:48 – 13:26 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:26 – 15:04 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:04 – 16:43 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:43 – 18:21 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:21 – 19:43 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:43 – 21:04 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:04 – 22:26 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:26 – 23:48 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:48 – 01:09 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:09 – 02:31 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:31 – 03:53 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:53 – 05:14 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 23.6739°
Longitude: 86.9524°
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

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869142.27
Julian Day2457607.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0849°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)51.35°
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta
Method: Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equation
Tier-2 city localization: spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanamsa (24.0849°), declination 16.34°, EoT -5.48 min · verified ±1 min vs Drikpanchang
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: 2016-08-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)