पञ्चाङ्ग — Asansol, West Bengal · May 3, 2017 CE

Also observed today

वैशाखी · Baisakhi (Vaiśākhī)Regional

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 14.22 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga

श्री भगवानुवाचप्रकाशं च प्रवृत्तिं च मोहमेव च पाण्डव।न द्वेष्टि सम्प्रवृत्तानि न निवृत्तानि काङ्क्षति।।14.22।।

"14.22 Lord Shri Krishna replied: O Prince! He who shuns not the Quality which is present, and longs not for that which is absent;" — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 14.22's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa

Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī

Bengali Saṁvat: 1424

Malayalam Era: 1193

Nanakshahi: 548

Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)

Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

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

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	18.72°	Meṣa	Bharaṇī P2
चन्द्र Candra	107.75°	Karka	Aśleṣā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala	43.66°	Vṛṣabha	Rohiṇī P2
बुध Budha	359.98°	Mīna	Revatī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati	170.73°	Kanyā	Hasta P4
शुक्र Śukra	337.89°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P2
शनि Śani	242.96°	Dhanu	Mūla P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	05:07 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	18:11 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:39 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	11:01 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	00:09 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	13 Hours 04 Mins 11 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	10 Hours 55 Mins 49 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	03:22 – 04:15
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	04:02 – 05:07
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:13 – 12:05
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:50 – 14:42
Godhūli Muhūrta	17:59 – 18:23
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	18:11 – 18:44
Amṛta Kāla	17:56 – 19:41
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:13 – 00:05

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	11:39 – 13:17
Yamaganda	06:45 – 08:23
Gulika Kāla	10:01 – 11:39
Varjyam	05:40 – 06:01
Dur Muhūrta	08:10 – 08:36

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)

Candra Vāsa: South-West

Rāhu Vāsa: South-West

Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)

Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha	05:07 – 06:45 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta	06:45 – 08:23 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla	08:23 – 10:01 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha	10:01 – 11:39 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga	11:39 – 13:17 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg	13:17 – 14:55 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala	14:55 – 16:33 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha	16:33 – 18:11 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg	18:11 – 19:33 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala	19:33 – 20:55 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha	20:55 – 22:17 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta	22:17 – 23:39 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla	23:39 – 01:01 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha	01:01 – 02:23 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga	02:23 – 03:45 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg	03:45 – 05:07 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 23.6739°

Longitude: 86.9524°

Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Budha Walk (बुध यात्रा)

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Puṣya alignment also occurred on:

-3137-12-25 — Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1869411.27
Julian Day	2457876.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.0952°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	85.95°

🪷 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 (24.0952°), declination 15.68°, EoT 3.15 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: 2017-05-03 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)