पञ्चाङ्ग — Asansol, West Bengal · November 11, 2017 CE

🪷 आज: तुला सङ्क्रान्ति — Tulā Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Libra.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.37 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
तस्मान्नार्हा वयं हन्तुं धार्तराष्ट्रान्स्वबान्धवान्।

स्वजनं हि कथं हत्वा सुखिनः स्याम माधव।।1.37।।
"1.37 We are worthy of a nobler feat than to slaughter our relatives - the sons of Dhritarashtra; for, my Lord, how can we be happy of we kill our kinsmen?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.37's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya204.73°TulāViśākhā P2
चन्द्र Candra117.08°KarkaAśleṣā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala167.77°KanyāHasta P3
बुध Budha223.19°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati192.48°TulāSvātī P2
शुक्र Śukra190.15°TulāSvātī P2
शनि Śani241.34°DhanuMūla P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:54 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:59 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:27 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:07 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:05 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 04 Mins 25 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 55 Mins 35 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:26 – 05:10
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:59 – 05:54
Abhijit Muhūrta11:04 – 11:49
Vijaya Muhūrta13:17 – 14:02
Godhūli Muhūrta16:47 – 17:11
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:59 – 17:26
Amṛta Kāla16:44 – 18:29
Niśīta Muhūrta23:04 – 23:49

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:40 – 10:04
Yamaganda12:50 – 14:13
Gulika Kāla05:54 – 07:17
Varjyam06:22 – 06:40
Dur Muhūrta 08:29 – 08:52

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Saumya (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:54 – 07:17 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:17 – 08:40 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:40 – 10:04 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:04 – 11:27 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:27 – 12:50 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha12:50 – 14:13 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:13 – 15:36 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla15:36 – 16:59 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha16:59 – 18:36 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta18:36 – 20:13 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:13 – 21:50 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha21:50 – 23:27 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:27 – 01:04 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:04 – 02:40 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:40 – 04:17 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:17 – 05:54 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 23.6739°
Longitude: 86.9524°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Āśleṣā alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869603.27
Julian Day2458068.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1025°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)269.59°
🪷 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 (24.1025°), declination -17.42°, EoT 15.59 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: 2017-11-11 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)