पञ्चाङ्ग — Asansol, West Bengal · September 2, 2018 CE

🪷 आज: सिंह सङ्क्रान्ति — Siṁha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Leo.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.22 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
पुरुषः स परः पार्थ भक्त्या लभ्यस्त्वनन्यया।

यस्यान्तःस्थानि भूतानि येन सर्वमिदं ततम्।।8.22।।
"8.22 O Arjuna! That Highest God, in Whom all beings abide, and Who pervades the entire universe, is reached only by wholehearted devotion. [The following material (between the asterisks) is an example of what may be a "doctored' inclusion. It does not jibe with the rest of the ma…" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.22'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 Saptamī (22/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Kṛttikā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya135.43°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
चन्द्र Candra31.98°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala274.44°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
बुध Budha118.84°KarkaAśleṣā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati203.11°TulāViśākhā P1
शुक्र Śukra180.03°TulāCitrā P3
शनि Śani248.33°DhanuMūla P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:24 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:59 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:41 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:10 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:26 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 35 Mins 35 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 24 Mins 25 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:43 – 04:33
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:21 – 05:24
Abhijit Muhūrta11:16 – 12:07
Vijaya Muhūrta13:47 – 14:38
Godhūli Muhūrta17:47 – 18:11
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:59 – 18:31
Amṛta Kāla17:44 – 19:29
Niśīta Muhūrta23:16 – 00:07

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:25 – 17:59
Yamaganda11:41 – 13:16
Gulika Kāla14:50 – 16:25
Varjyam05:55 – 06:15
Dur Muhūrta 08:20 – 08:45

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:24 – 06:58 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:58 – 08:32 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:32 – 10:07 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:07 – 11:41 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:41 – 13:16 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:16 – 14:50 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:50 – 16:25 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:25 – 17:59 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:59 – 19:25 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:25 – 20:50 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:50 – 22:16 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:16 – 23:41 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:41 – 01:07 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:07 – 02:32 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:32 – 03:58 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:58 – 05:24 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Saptamī + Kṛttikā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Kṛttikā)
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Kṛttikā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869898.27
Julian Day2458363.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1138°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)259.42°
🪷 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 (24.1138°), declination 7.99°, EoT 0.81 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: 2018-09-02 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)