पञ्चाङ्ग — Asansol, West Bengal · August 11, 2019 CE

🪷 आज: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.52 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
विविक्तसेवी लघ्वाशी यतवाक्कायमानसः।ध्यानयोगपरो नित्यं वैराग्यं समुपाश्रितः।।18.52।।
"18.52 Enjoying solitude, abstemiousness, his body, mind and speech under perfect control, absorbed in meditation, he becomes free - always filled with the spirit of renunciation." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.52's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2076 Paridhāvi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1941 Vikāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1426
Malayalam Era: 1195
Nanakshahi: 550
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ekādaśī (11/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mūla Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya113.99°KarkaAśleṣā P3
चन्द्र Candra243.88°DhanuMūla P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala121.05°SiṃhaMaghā P1
बुध Budha94.72°KarkaPuṣya P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati230.38°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
शुक्र Śukra112.84°KarkaAśleṣā P2
शनि Śani260.84°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:16 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:19 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:47 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:08 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:46 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 03 Mins 05 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 56 Mins 55 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:31 – 04:23
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:10 – 05:16
Abhijit Muhūrta11:21 – 12:13
Vijaya Muhūrta13:58 – 14:50
Godhūli Muhūrta18:07 – 18:31
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:19 – 18:51
Amṛta Kāla18:04 – 19:49
Niśīta Muhūrta23:21 – 00:13

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:41 – 18:19
Yamaganda11:47 – 13:25
Gulika Kāla15:03 – 16:41
Varjyam05:48 – 06:09
Dur Muhūrta 08:18 – 08:44

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (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):
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):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:16 – 06:53 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:53 – 08:31 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:31 – 10:09 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:09 – 11:47 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:47 – 13:25 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:25 – 15:03 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:03 – 16:41 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:41 – 18:19 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:19 – 19:41 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:41 – 21:03 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:03 – 22:25 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:25 – 23:47 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:47 – 01:09 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:09 – 02:31 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:31 – 03:53 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:53 – 05:16 (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 Time

Kali Year5121
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870241.27
Julian Day2458706.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1269°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)128.07°
🪷 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 (24.1269°), declination 15.40°, EoT -4.91 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: 2019-08-11 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)