पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · December 13, 2008 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 7.7 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga🪷 Mattaḥ Parataraṁ Nānyat · Krishna IS the thread
मत्तः परतरं नान्यत्किञ्चिदस्ति धनञ्जय।

मयि सर्वमिदं प्रोतं सूत्रे मणिगणा इव।।7.7।।
"7.7 O Arjuna! There is nothing higher than Me; all is strung upon Me as rows of pearls upon a thread." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.7's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa 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)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya237.42°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
चन्द्र Candra62.35°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala235.29°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
बुध Budha246.90°DhanuMūla P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati271.21°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शुक्र Śukra281.76°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
शनि Śani147.26°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:09 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:55 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:32 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:07 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:36 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 45 Mins 56 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 14 Mins 04 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:43 – 05:26
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:15 – 06:09
Abhijit Muhūrta11:10 – 11:53
Vijaya Muhūrta13:20 – 14:03
Godhūli Muhūrta16:43 – 17:07
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:55 – 17:22
Amṛta Kāla16:40 – 18:25
Niśīta Muhūrta23:10 – 23:53

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:50 – 10:11
Yamaganda12:53 – 14:13
Gulika Kāla06:09 – 07:30
Varjyam06:36 – 06:53
Dur Muhūrta 08:40 – 09:01

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (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):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:09 – 07:30 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:30 – 08:50 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:50 – 10:11 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:11 – 11:32 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:32 – 12:53 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha12:53 – 14:13 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:13 – 15:34 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla15:34 – 16:55 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha16:55 – 18:34 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta18:34 – 20:13 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:13 – 21:53 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha21:53 – 23:32 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:32 – 01:11 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:11 – 02:50 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:50 – 04:30 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:30 – 06:09 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5110
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866348.27
Julian Day2454813.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.9780°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)184.01°
🪷 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 -23.16°, EoT 5.09 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: 2008-12-13 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)