पञ्चाङ्ग — Durgapur, West Bengal · May 14, 2025 CE

🪷 आज: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

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: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2082 Kālayukta
Śaka Saṁvat: 1947 Viśvāvasu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1432
Malayalam Era: 1201
Nanakshahi: 556
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā (17/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Anurādhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya29.31°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
चन्द्र Candra224.03°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala107.21°KarkaAśleṣā P1
बुध Budha11.41°MeṣaAśvinī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati59.80°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P2
शुक्र Śukra344.52°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
शनि Śani334.97°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:59 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:15 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:37 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:13 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:59 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 15 Mins 20 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 44 Mins 40 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:13 – 04:06
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:53 – 04:59
Abhijit Muhūrta11:10 – 12:04
Vijaya Muhūrta13:50 – 14:43
Godhūli Muhūrta18:03 – 18:27
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:15 – 18:48
Amṛta Kāla18:00 – 19:45
Niśīta Muhūrta23:10 – 00:04

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:37 – 13:16
Yamaganda06:39 – 08:18
Gulika Kāla09:58 – 11:37
Varjyam05:32 – 05:54
Dur Muhūrta 08:05 – 08:31

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
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):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha04:59 – 06:39 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta06:39 – 08:18 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:18 – 09:58 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha09:58 – 11:37 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:37 – 13:16 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:16 – 14:56 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:56 – 16:35 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:35 – 18:15 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:15 – 19:35 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:35 – 20:56 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:56 – 22:16 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:16 – 23:37 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:37 – 00:58 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha00:58 – 02:18 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:18 – 03:39 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg03:39 – 04:59 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 23.5204°
Longitude: 87.3119°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5127
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872344.27
Julian Day2460809.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2073°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)196.54°
🪷 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 (24.2073°), declination 18.65°, EoT 3.76 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: 2025-05-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)