पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · February 29, 2004 CE

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 18.18 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga

ज्ञानं ज्ञेयं परिज्ञाता त्रिविधा कर्मचोदना।करणं कर्म कर्तेति त्रिविधः कर्मसंग्रहः।।18.18।।

"18.18 Knowledge, the knower and the object of knowledge, these are the three incentives to action; and the act, the actor and the instrument are the threefold constituents." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 18.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2061 Hemalambī

Śaka Saṁvat: 1926 Tāraṇa

Bengali Saṁvat: 1411

Malayalam Era: 1180

Nanakshahi: 535

Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)

Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)	Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)	Bālava
वार (Vāra)	Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	315.88°	Kumbha	Śatabhiṣā P3
चन्द्र Candra	55.52°	Vṛṣabha	Mr̥gaśirā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala	22.35°	Meṣa	Bharaṇī P3
बुध Budha	312.33°	Kumbha	Śatabhiṣā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati	140.68°	Siṃha	Pūrva Phalgunī P3
शुक्र Śukra	359.64°	Mīna	Revatī P4
शनि Śani	72.30°	Mithuna	Ārdrā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	06:00 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	17:40 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:50 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	11:45 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	01:12 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	11 Hours 40 Mins 49 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	12 Hours 19 Mins 11 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	04:26 – 05:13
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	05:01 – 06:00
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:27 – 12:13
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:47 – 14:34
Godhūli Muhūrta	17:28 – 17:52
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	17:40 – 18:10
Amṛta Kāla	17:25 – 19:10
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:27 – 00:13

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	16:13 – 17:40
Yamaganda	11:50 – 13:18
Gulika Kāla	14:45 – 16:13
Varjyam	06:29 – 06:47
Dur Muhūrta	08:43 – 09:06

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)

Candra Vāsa: South-East

Rāhu Vāsa: North-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Saumya (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 · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg	06:00 – 07:27 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala	07:27 – 08:55 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha	08:55 – 10:22 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta	10:22 – 11:50 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla	11:50 – 13:18 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha	13:18 – 14:45 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga	14:45 – 16:13 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg	16:13 – 17:40 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha	17:40 – 19:13 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga	19:13 – 20:45 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg	20:45 – 22:18 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala	22:18 – 23:50 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha	23:50 – 01:22 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta	01:22 – 02:55 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla	02:55 – 04:27 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha	04:27 – 06:00 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 22.5958°

Longitude: 88.2636°

Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Sūrya Walk (सूर्य यात्रा)

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Navamī + Mṛgaśīrṣā alignment also occurred on:

-1626101-04-03 — Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Śukla Navamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5105
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1864599.27
Julian Day	2453064.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	23.9111°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	99.78°

🪷 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 (23.9111°), declination -7.90°, EoT -13.04 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: 2004-02-29 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)