पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · June 16, 2008 CE

🪷 आज: मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mithuna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Gemini.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.60 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
यततो ह्यपि कौन्तेय पुरुषस्य विपश्चितः।

इन्द्रियाणि प्रमाथीनि हरन्ति प्रसभं मनः।।2.60।।
"2.60 O Arjuna! The mind of him, who is trying to conquer it, is forcibly carried away in spite of his efforts, by his tumultuous senses." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.60's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2065 Plava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1930 Sarvadhāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1415
Malayalam Era: 1184
Nanakshahi: 539
Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Viśākhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya61.30°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
चन्द्र Candra211.88°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala116.73°KarkaAśleṣā P4
बुध Budha49.19°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati266.91°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra63.08°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
शनि Śani129.13°SiṃhaMaghā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:52 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:23 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:37 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:10 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:09 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 30 Mins 49 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 29 Mins 11 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:04 – 03:58
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:44 – 04:52
Abhijit Muhūrta11:10 – 12:04
Vijaya Muhūrta13:52 – 14:47
Godhūli Muhūrta18:11 – 18:35
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:23 – 18:57
Amṛta Kāla18:08 – 19:53
Niśīta Muhūrta23:10 – 00:04

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla06:33 – 08:15
Yamaganda09:56 – 11:37
Gulika Kāla13:19 – 15:00
Varjyam05:26 – 05:47
Dur Muhūrta 08:01 – 08:28

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta04:52 – 06:33 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla06:33 – 08:15 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:15 – 09:56 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga09:56 – 11:37 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:37 – 13:19 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:19 – 15:00 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:00 – 16:41 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:41 – 18:23 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala18:23 – 19:41 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:41 – 21:00 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:00 – 22:19 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:19 – 23:37 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:37 – 00:56 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga00:56 – 02:15 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:15 – 03:33 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala03:33 – 04:52 (neutral)

Coordinates

Latitude: 22.5958°
Longitude: 88.2636°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Trayodaśī + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Viśākhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5110
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866168.27
Julian Day2454633.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.9711°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)149.46°
🪷 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 (23.9711°), declination 23.35°, EoT -0.40 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: 2008-06-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)