पञ्चाङ्ग — Asansol, West Bengal · May 17, 2018 CE

🪷 आज: वृषभ सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛṣabha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Taurus.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 5.20 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
न प्रहृष्येत्प्रियं प्राप्य नोद्विजेत्प्राप्य चाप्रियम्।

स्थिरबुद्धिरसम्मूढो ब्रह्मविद्ब्रह्मणि स्थितः।।5.20।।
"5.20 He who knows and lives in the Absolute remains unmoved and unperturbed; he is not elated by pleasure or depressed by pain." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Jyeṣṭha (Jyeṣṭha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Vṛṣabha (Vaikāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvitīyā (2/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Rohiṇī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya32.00°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P2
चन्द्र Candra53.14°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala275.97°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
बुध Budha11.06°MeṣaAśvinī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati203.07°TulāViśākhā P1
शुक्र Śukra62.64°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
शनि Śani254.26°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:59 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:18 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:38 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:18 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:48 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 18 Mins 23 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 41 Mins 37 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:13 – 04:06
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:53 – 04:59
Abhijit Muhūrta11:12 – 12:05
Vijaya Muhūrta13:52 – 14:45
Godhūli Muhūrta18:06 – 18:30
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:18 – 18:51
Amṛta Kāla18:03 – 19:48
Niśīta Muhūrta23:12 – 00:05

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:18 – 14:58
Yamaganda04:59 – 06:39
Gulika Kāla08:19 – 09:59
Varjyam05:33 – 05:54
Dur Muhūrta 08:06 – 08:32

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

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):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha04:59 – 06:39 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga06:39 – 08:19 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:19 – 09:59 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala09:59 – 11:38 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:38 – 13:18 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:18 – 14:58 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:58 – 16:38 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:38 – 18:18 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:18 – 19:38 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:38 – 20:58 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:58 – 22:18 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:18 – 23:38 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:38 – 00:59 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala00:59 – 02:19 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:19 – 03:39 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta03:39 – 04:59 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Dvitīyā + Rohiṇī alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Rohiṇī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869790.27
Julian Day2458255.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1097°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)19.03°
🪷 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 (24.1097°), declination 19.28°, EoT 3.72 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: 2018-05-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)