पञ्चाङ्ग — Asansol, West Bengal · June 30, 2022 CE

🪷 आज: आषाढ गुप्त नवरात्रि आरम्भ — Āṣāḍha Gupta Navrātri Start
Second Gupta Navrātri.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.17 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
सहस्रयुगपर्यन्तमहर्यद्ब्रह्मणो विदुः।

रात्रिं युगसहस्रान्तां तेऽहोरात्रविदो जनाः।।8.17।।
"8.17 Those who understand the cosmic day and cosmic night know that one day of creation is a thousand cycles, and that the night is of equal length." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2079 Rākṣasa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1944 Śubhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1429
Malayalam Era: 1198
Nanakshahi: 553
Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Punarvasu Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya74.10°MithunaĀrdrā P3
चन्द्र Candra84.13°MithunaPunarvasu P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala1.78°MeṣaAśvinī P1
बुध Budha55.78°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati343.21°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
शुक्र Śukra43.89°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
शनि Śani300.64°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:58 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:33 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:45 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:42 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:10 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 34 Mins 38 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 25 Mins 22 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:10 – 04:04
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:50 – 04:58
Abhijit Muhūrta11:18 – 12:13
Vijaya Muhūrta14:01 – 14:56
Godhūli Muhūrta18:21 – 18:45
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:33 – 19:07
Amṛta Kāla18:18 – 20:03
Niśīta Muhūrta23:18 – 00:13

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:27 – 15:09
Yamaganda04:58 – 06:40
Gulika Kāla08:22 – 10:04
Varjyam05:32 – 05:54
Dur Muhūrta 08:08 – 08:35

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha04:58 – 06:40 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga06:40 – 08:22 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:22 – 10:04 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:04 – 11:45 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:45 – 13:27 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:27 – 15:09 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:09 – 16:51 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:51 – 18:33 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:33 – 19:51 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:51 – 21:09 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:09 – 22:27 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:27 – 23:45 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:45 – 01:04 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:04 – 02:22 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:22 – 03:40 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta03:40 – 04:58 (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 Pratipada + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5124
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871295.27
Julian Day2459760.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1672°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)11.99°
🪷 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 (24.1672°), declination 23.18°, EoT -3.28 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: 2022-06-30 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)