पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · June 26, 2008 CE

🪷 आज: मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mithuna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Gemini.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.70 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
आपूर्यमाणमचलप्रतिष्ठं

समुद्रमापः प्रविशन्ति यद्वत्।

तद्वत्कामा यं प्रविशन्ति सर्वे

स शान्तिमाप्नोति न कामकामी।।2.70।।
"2.70 He attains Peace, into whom desires flow as rivers into the ocean, which though brimming with water remains ever the same; not he whom desire carries away." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.70's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Kṛṣṇa 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)Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Saubhāgya
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya70.85°MithunaĀrdrā P2
चन्द्र Candra335.05°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala122.58°SiṃhaMaghā P1
बुध Budha50.26°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati265.77°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शुक्र Śukra75.37°MithunaĀrdrā P3
शनि Śani129.90°SiṃhaMaghā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:54 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:25 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:39 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:14 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:18 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 30 Mins 48 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 29 Mins 12 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:06 – 04:00
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:46 – 04:54
Abhijit Muhūrta11:12 – 12:06
Vijaya Muhūrta13:55 – 14:49
Godhūli Muhūrta18:13 – 18:37
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:25 – 18:59
Amṛta Kāla18:10 – 19:55
Niśīta Muhūrta23:12 – 00:06

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:21 – 15:02
Yamaganda04:54 – 06:35
Gulika Kāla08:17 – 09:58
Varjyam05:28 – 05:49
Dur Muhūrta 08:03 – 08:30

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha04:54 – 06:35 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga06:35 – 08:17 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:17 – 09:58 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala09:58 – 11:39 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:39 – 13:21 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:21 – 15:02 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:02 – 16:43 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:43 – 18:25 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:25 – 19:43 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:43 – 21:02 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:02 – 22:21 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:21 – 23:39 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:39 – 00:58 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala00:58 – 02:17 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:17 – 03:35 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta03:35 – 04:54 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 22.5958°
Longitude: 88.2636°
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 Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Uttara Bhādrapadā alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5110
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866178.27
Julian Day2454643.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.9715°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)267.70°
🪷 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 (23.9715°), declination 23.35°, EoT -2.49 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: 2008-06-26 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)