पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · January 19, 2008 CE

Also observed today

पोङ्गल · Pongal / Thai PongalRegional

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 18.36 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga

सुखं त्विदानीं त्रिविधं श्रृणु मे भरतर्षभ।अभ्यासाद्रमते यत्र दुःखान्तं च निगच्छति।।18.36।।

"18.36 Hear further the three kinds of pleasure. That which increases day after day delivers one from misery," — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 18.36's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2065 Plava

Śaka Saṁvat: 1930 Sarvadhāri

Bengali Saṁvat: 1415

Malayalam Era: 1184

Nanakshahi: 539

Solar Month: Makara (Tai)

Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Rohiṇī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)	Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)	Bava
वार (Vāra)	Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	274.35°	Makara	Uttara Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra	47.16°	Vṛṣabha	Rohiṇī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala	60.94°	Mithuna	Mr̥gaśirā P3
बुध Budha	292.43°	Makara	Śravaṇa P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati	253.81°	Dhanu	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra	239.41°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P4
शनि Śani	133.59°	Siṃha	Pūrva Phalgunī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	06:20 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	17:16 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:48 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	13:57 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	03:21 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	10 Hours 56 Mins 12 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	13 Hours 03 Mins 48 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	04:52 – 05:36
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	05:25 – 06:20
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:26 – 12:09
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:37 – 14:21
Godhūli Muhūrta	17:04 – 17:28
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	17:16 – 17:43
Amṛta Kāla	17:01 – 18:46
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:26 – 00:09

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	09:04 – 10:26
Yamaganda	13:10 – 14:32
Gulika Kāla	06:20 – 07:42
Varjyam	06:47 – 07:04
Dur Muhūrta	08:53 – 09:14

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)

Candra Vāsa: South-East

Rāhu Vāsa: East

Ānandādi Yoga: Dhātṛ (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)

Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)

Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla	06:20 – 07:42 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha	07:42 – 09:04 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga	09:04 – 10:26 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg	10:26 – 11:48 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala	11:48 – 13:10 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha	13:10 – 14:32 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta	14:32 – 15:54 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla	15:54 – 17:16 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha	17:16 – 18:54 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta	18:54 – 20:32 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla	20:32 – 22:10 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha	22:10 – 23:48 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga	23:48 – 01:26 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg	01:26 – 03:04 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala	03:04 – 04:42 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha	04:42 – 06:20 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 22.5958°

Longitude: 88.2636°

Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Śani Walk (शनि यात्रा)

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Dvādaśī + Rohiṇī alignment also occurred on:

-3226-07-09 — Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Rohiṇī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5109
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1866019.27
Julian Day	2454484.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	23.9654°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	134.82°

🪷 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 (23.9654°), declination -20.50°, EoT -10.66 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: 2008-01-19 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)