पञ्चाङ्ग — Durgapur, West Bengal · May 13, 2027 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 1.2 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
सञ्जय उवाच

दृष्ट्वा तु पाण्डवानीकं व्यूढं दुर्योधनस्तदा।

आचार्यमुपसङ्गम्य राजा वचनमब्रवीत्।।1.2।।
"1.2 Sanjaya replied: "The Prince Duryodhana, when he saw the army of the Pandavas paraded, approached his preceptor Guru Drona and spoke as follows:" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.2's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2084 Raudra
Śaka Saṁvat: 1949 Plavaṅga
Bengali Saṁvat: 1434
Malayalam Era: 1203
Nanakshahi: 558
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vṛddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya27.85°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
चन्द्र Candra115.85°KarkaAśleṣā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala124.82°SiṃhaMaghā P2
बुध Budha43.10°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati113.88°KarkaAśleṣā P3
शुक्र Śukra3.18°MeṣaAśvinī P1
शनि Śani357.81°MīnaRevatī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:00 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:14 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:37 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:00 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:58 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 13 Mins 54 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 46 Mins 06 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:14 – 04:07
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:54 – 05:00
Abhijit Muhūrta11:11 – 12:03
Vijaya Muhūrta13:49 – 14:42
Godhūli Muhūrta18:02 – 18:26
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:14 – 18:47
Amṛta Kāla17:59 – 19:44
Niśīta Muhūrta23:11 – 00:03

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:16 – 14:55
Yamaganda05:00 – 06:39
Gulika Kāla08:19 – 09:58
Varjyam05:33 – 05:54
Dur Muhūrta 08:05 – 08:32

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Rākṣasa (Inauspicious)
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 · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:00 – 06:39 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga06:39 – 08:19 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:19 – 09:58 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala09:58 – 11:37 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:37 – 13:16 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:16 – 14:55 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:55 – 16:35 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:35 – 18:14 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:14 – 19:35 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:35 – 20:55 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:55 – 22:16 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:16 – 23:37 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:37 – 00:58 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala00:58 – 02:19 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:19 – 03:39 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta03:39 – 05:00 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 23.5204°
Longitude: 87.3119°
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 Aṣṭamī + Āśleṣā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5129
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1873073.27
Julian Day2461538.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2352°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)86.45°
🪷 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 (24.2352°), declination 18.29°, EoT 3.75 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: 2027-05-13 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)