पञ्चाङ्ग — Asansol, West Bengal · February 23, 2023 CE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 15.14 · Chapter 15 · पुरुषोत्तमयोग · Puruṣottama-Yoga
अहं वैश्वानरो भूत्वा प्राणिनां देहमाश्रितः।प्राणापानसमायुक्तः पचाम्यन्नं चतुर्विधम्।।15.14।।
"15.14 Becoming the fire of life, I pass into their bodies and, uniting with the vital streams of Prana and Apana, I digest the various kinds of food." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 15.14's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2080 Nala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1945 Śobhana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1430
Malayalam Era: 1199
Nanakshahi: 554
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya309.98°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
चन्द्र Candra347.59°MīnaRevatī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala52.36°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
बुध Budha292.63°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati346.40°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
शुक्र Śukra338.84°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
शनि Śani304.41°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:10 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:42 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:56 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:16 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:37 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 31 Mins 59 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 28 Mins 01 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:38 – 05:24
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:12 – 06:10
Abhijit Muhūrta11:33 – 12:19
Vijaya Muhūrta13:51 – 14:38
Godhūli Muhūrta17:30 – 17:54
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:42 – 18:11
Amṛta Kāla17:27 – 19:12
Niśīta Muhūrta23:33 – 00:19

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:23 – 14:49
Yamaganda06:10 – 07:37
Gulika Kāla09:03 – 10:30
Varjyam06:39 – 06:57
Dur Muhūrta 08:52 – 09:15

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:10 – 07:37 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:37 – 09:03 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:03 – 10:30 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:30 – 11:56 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:56 – 13:23 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:23 – 14:49 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:49 – 16:16 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:16 – 17:42 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:42 – 19:16 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:16 – 20:49 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:49 – 22:23 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:23 – 23:56 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:56 – 01:30 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:30 – 03:03 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:03 – 04:37 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:37 – 06:10 (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 Time

Kali Year5124
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871533.27
Julian Day2459998.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1763°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)36.37°
🪷 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 (24.1763°), declination -9.99°, EoT -13.97 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: 2023-02-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)