पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · May 28, 2008 CE

🪷 आज: वृषभ सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛṣabha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Taurus.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.41 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
व्यवसायात्मिका बुद्धिरेकेह कुरुनन्दन।

बहुशाखा ह्यनन्ताश्च बुद्धयोऽव्यवसायिनाम्।।2.41।।
"2.41 By its means, the straying intellect becomes steadied in the contemplation of one object only; whereas the minds of the irresolute stray into bypaths innumerable." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.41's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Jyeṣṭha (Jyeṣṭha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2065 Plava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1930 Sarvadhāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1415
Malayalam Era: 1184
Nanakshahi: 539
Solar Month: Vṛṣabha (Vaikāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya43.12°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
चन्द्र Candra312.25°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala105.90°KarkaPuṣya P4
बुध Budha57.54°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati268.48°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra39.73°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4
शनि Śani128.04°SiṃhaMaghā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:52 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:16 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:34 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:44 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:18 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 23 Mins 19 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 36 Mins 41 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:05 – 03:59
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:45 – 04:52
Abhijit Muhūrta11:07 – 12:01
Vijaya Muhūrta13:48 – 14:41
Godhūli Muhūrta18:04 – 18:28
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:16 – 18:49
Amṛta Kāla18:01 – 19:46
Niśīta Muhūrta23:07 – 00:01

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:34 – 13:14
Yamaganda06:33 – 08:13
Gulika Kāla09:54 – 11:34
Varjyam05:26 – 05:47
Dur Muhūrta 08:00 – 08:27

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (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 · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha04:52 – 06:33 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta06:33 – 08:13 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:13 – 09:54 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha09:54 – 11:34 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:34 – 13:14 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:14 – 14:55 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:55 – 16:35 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:35 – 18:16 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:16 – 19:35 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:35 – 20:55 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:55 – 22:14 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:14 – 23:34 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:34 – 00:54 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha00:54 – 02:13 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:13 – 03:33 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg03:33 – 04:52 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 22.5958°
Longitude: 88.2636°
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-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Śatabhiṣā alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5110
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866149.27
Julian Day2454614.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.9704°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)272.86°
🪷 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 (23.9704°), declination 21.49°, EoT 2.89 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: 2008-05-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)