पञ्चाङ्ग — Asansol, West Bengal · August 14, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 7.4 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
भूमिरापोऽनलो वायुः खं मनो बुद्धिरेव च।

अहङ्कार इतीयं मे भिन्ना प्रकृतिरष्टधा।।7.4।।
"7.4 Earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intellect and personality; this is the eightfold division of My Manifested Nature." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.4'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 Ekādaśī (11/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mūla Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya117.61°KarkaAśleṣā P4
चन्द्र Candra244.17°DhanuMūla P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala220.53°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
बुध Budha144.63°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati149.87°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
शुक्र Śukra136.02°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
शनि Śani225.50°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:17 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:16 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:47 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:54 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:32 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 58 Mins 47 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 01 Mins 13 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:33 – 04:25
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:12 – 05:17
Abhijit Muhūrta11:21 – 12:13
Vijaya Muhūrta13:56 – 14:48
Godhūli Muhūrta18:04 – 18:28
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:16 – 18:48
Amṛta Kāla18:01 – 19:46
Niśīta Muhūrta23:21 – 00:13

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:39 – 18:16
Yamaganda11:47 – 13:24
Gulika Kāla15:01 – 16:39
Varjyam05:50 – 06:10
Dur Muhūrta 08:19 – 08:45

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:17 – 06:55 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:55 – 08:32 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:32 – 10:09 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:09 – 11:47 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:47 – 13:24 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:24 – 15:01 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:01 – 16:39 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:39 – 18:16 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:16 – 19:39 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:39 – 21:01 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:01 – 22:24 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:24 – 23:47 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:47 – 01:09 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:09 – 02:32 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:32 – 03:55 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:55 – 05:17 (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)1869149.27
Julian Day2457614.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0851°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)126.92°
🪷 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 (24.0851°), declination 14.27°, EoT -4.37 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: 2016-08-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)