पञ्चाङ्ग — Asansol, West Bengal · July 27, 2018 CE

🪷 आज: रक्षा बन्धन — Rakṣā Bandhana / Śrāvaṇa Pūrṇimā
Sister-brother bond; Brāhmaṇa Upākarma.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 7.15 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
न मां दुष्कृतिनो मूढाः प्रपद्यन्ते नराधमाः।

माययापहृतज्ञाना आसुरं भावमाश्रिताः।।7.15।।
"7.15 The sinner, the ignorant, the vile, deprived of spiritual perception by the glamour of Illusion, and he who pursues a godless life - none of them shall find Me." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.15's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya99.88°KarkaPuṣya P2
चन्द्र Candra271.07°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala279.83°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
बुध Budha119.14°KarkaAśleṣā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati199.52°TulāSvātī P4
शुक्र Śukra144.19°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
शनि Śani249.61°DhanuMūla P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:09 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:28 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:48 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:49 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:37 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 18 Mins 17 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 41 Mins 43 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:23 – 04:16
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:03 – 05:09
Abhijit Muhūrta11:22 – 12:15
Vijaya Muhūrta14:01 – 14:55
Godhūli Muhūrta18:16 – 18:40
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:28 – 19:01
Amṛta Kāla18:13 – 19:58
Niśīta Muhūrta23:22 – 00:15

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:09 – 11:48
Yamaganda15:08 – 16:48
Gulika Kāla06:49 – 08:29
Varjyam05:42 – 06:04
Dur Muhūrta 08:15 – 08:42

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:09 – 06:49 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha06:49 – 08:29 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:29 – 10:09 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:09 – 11:48 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:48 – 13:28 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:28 – 15:08 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:08 – 16:48 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:48 – 18:28 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:28 – 19:48 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:48 – 21:08 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:08 – 22:28 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:28 – 23:48 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:48 – 01:09 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:09 – 02:29 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:29 – 03:49 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga03:49 – 05:09 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Uttara Āṣāḍhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869861.27
Julian Day2458326.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1124°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)171.58°
🪷 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 (24.1124°), declination 19.25°, EoT -6.18 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: 2018-07-27 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)