पञ्चाङ्ग — Asansol, West Bengal · August 31, 2018 CE

🪷 आज: सिंह सङ्क्रान्ति — Siṁha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Leo.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.20 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
परस्तस्मात्तु भावोऽन्योऽव्यक्तोऽव्यक्तात्सनातनः।

यः स सर्वेषु भूतेषु नश्यत्सु न विनश्यति।।8.20।।
"8.20 In truth, therefore, there is the Eternal Unmanifest, which is beyond and above the Unmanifest Spirit of Creation, which is never destroyed when all these being perish." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pañcamī (20/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Aśvinī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vṛddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya133.50°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
चन्द्र Candra5.62°MeṣaAśvinī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala274.32°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
बुध Budha115.88°KarkaAśleṣā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati202.83°TulāViśākhā P1
शुक्र Śukra178.37°KanyāCitrā P2
शनि Śani248.35°DhanuMūla P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:23 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:01 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:42 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)20:48 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:33 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 38 Mins 12 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 21 Mins 48 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:42 – 04:32
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:20 – 05:23
Abhijit Muhūrta11:17 – 12:07
Vijaya Muhūrta13:48 – 14:39
Godhūli Muhūrta17:49 – 18:13
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:01 – 18:33
Amṛta Kāla17:46 – 19:31
Niśīta Muhūrta23:17 – 00:07

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:07 – 11:42
Yamaganda14:52 – 16:26
Gulika Kāla06:58 – 08:32
Varjyam05:55 – 06:15
Dur Muhūrta 08:20 – 08:45

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
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):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:23 – 06:58 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha06:58 – 08:32 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:32 – 10:07 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:07 – 11:42 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:42 – 13:17 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:17 – 14:52 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:52 – 16:26 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:26 – 18:01 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:01 – 19:26 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:26 – 20:52 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:52 – 22:17 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:17 – 23:42 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:42 – 01:07 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:07 – 02:32 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:32 – 03:58 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga03:58 – 05:23 (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 Kṛṣṇa Pañcamī + Aśvinī alignment also occurred on:
-3101-02-18Kali Yuga Epoch (same Aśvinī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869896.27
Julian Day2458361.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1137°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)234.79°
🪷 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 (24.1137°), declination 8.71°, EoT 0.15 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: 2018-08-31 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)