पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · December 12, 2008 CE

Also observed today

अन्नपूर्णा जयन्ती · Annapūrṇā JayantīShakta
वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति · Vṛścika SaṅkrāntiPan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 7.6 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga

एतद्योनीनि भूतानि सर्वाणीत्युपधारय।

अहं कृत्स्नस्य जगतः प्रभवः प्रलयस्तथा।।7.6।।

"7.6 It is the womb of all being; for I am He by Whom the worlds were created and shall be dissolved." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 7.6's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2065 Plava

Śaka Saṁvat: 1930 Sarvadhāri

Bengali Saṁvat: 1415

Malayalam Era: 1184

Nanakshahi: 539

Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)

Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Rohiṇī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)	Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)	Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)	Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	236.40°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P3
चन्द्र Candra	47.02°	Vṛṣabha	Rohiṇī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala	234.55°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P3
बुध Budha	245.33°	Dhanu	Mūla P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati	271.00°	Makara	Uttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शुक्र Śukra	280.60°	Makara	Śravaṇa P1
शनि Śani	147.22°	Siṃha	Uttara Phalgunī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	06:08 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	16:55 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:31 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	16:12 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	05:36 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	10 Hours 46 Mins 13 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	13 Hours 13 Mins 47 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	04:42 – 05:25
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	05:14 – 06:08
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:10 – 11:53
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:19 – 14:02
Godhūli Muhūrta	16:43 – 17:07
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	16:55 – 17:21
Amṛta Kāla	16:40 – 18:25
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:10 – 23:53

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	10:11 – 11:31
Yamaganda	14:13 – 15:34
Gulika Kāla	07:29 – 08:50
Varjyam	06:35 – 06:52
Dur Muhūrta	08:39 – 09:01

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)

Candra Vāsa: South-East

Rāhu Vāsa: South-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Mātaṇga (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)

Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

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 Chala	06:08 – 07:29 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha	07:29 – 08:50 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta	08:50 – 10:11 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla	10:11 – 11:31 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha	11:31 – 12:52 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga	12:52 – 14:13 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg	14:13 – 15:34 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala	15:34 – 16:55 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga	16:55 – 18:34 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg	18:34 – 20:13 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala	20:13 – 21:52 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha	21:52 – 23:31 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta	23:31 – 01:11 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla	01:11 – 02:50 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha	02:50 – 04:29 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga	04:29 – 06:08 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 22.5958°

Longitude: 88.2636°

Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Śukra Walk (शुक्र यात्रा)

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

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

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

-3137-10-04 — Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

-0562-04-11 — Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5110
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1866347.27
Julian Day	2454812.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	23.9780°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	170.56°

🪷 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 (23.9780°), declination -23.09°, EoT 5.54 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: 2008-12-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)