पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · April 28, 2009 CE

Also observed today

वैशाखी · Baisakhi (Vaiśākhī)Regional
अङ्गारक चतुर्थी · Aṅgāraka Caturthī (Tuesday Caturthī)Pan-Hindu
विनायक चतुर्थी · Vināyaka Caturthī (monthly)Pan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 11.9 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga

सञ्जय उवाच

एवमुक्त्वा ततो राजन्महायोगेश्वरो हरिः।

दर्शयामास पार्थाय परमं रूपमैश्वरम्।।11.9।।

"11.9 Sanjaya continued: "Having thus spoken, O King, the Lord Shri Krishna, the Almighty Prince of Wisdom, showed to Arjuna the Supreme Form of the Great God." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 11.9's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2066 Śubhakṛt

Śaka Saṁvat: 1931 Virodhi

Bengali Saṁvat: 1416

Malayalam Era: 1185

Nanakshahi: 540

Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)

Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Rohiṇī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)	Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)	Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)	Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	13.91°	Meṣa	Bharaṇī P1
चन्द्र Candra	52.90°	Vṛṣabha	Rohiṇī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala	340.13°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P3
बुध Budha	34.05°	Vṛṣabha	Kṛttikā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati	299.95°	Makara	Dhaniṣṭhā P2
शुक्र Śukra	337.00°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P2
शनि Śani	141.02°	Siṃha	Pūrva Phalgunī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	05:07 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	18:02 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:34 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	07:27 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	20:53 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	12 Hours 55 Mins 38 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	11 Hours 04 Mins 22 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	03:23 – 04:15
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	04:02 – 05:07
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:09 – 12:00
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:44 – 14:35
Godhūli Muhūrta	17:50 – 18:14
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	18:02 – 18:35
Amṛta Kāla	17:47 – 19:32
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:09 – 00:00

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	14:48 – 16:25
Yamaganda	08:21 – 09:57
Gulika Kāla	11:34 – 13:11
Varjyam	05:39 – 06:00
Dur Muhūrta	08:08 – 08:33

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)

Candra Vāsa: South-East

Rāhu Vāsa: North

Ānandādi Yoga: Maitra (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)

Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

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 Roga	05:07 – 06:44 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg	06:44 – 08:21 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala	08:21 – 09:57 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha	09:57 – 11:34 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta	11:34 – 13:11 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla	13:11 – 14:48 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha	14:48 – 16:25 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga	16:25 – 18:02 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla	18:02 – 19:25 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha	19:25 – 20:48 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga	20:48 – 22:11 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg	22:11 – 23:34 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala	23:34 – 00:57 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha	00:57 – 02:21 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta	02:21 – 03:44 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla	03:44 – 05:07 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 22.5958°

Longitude: 88.2636°

Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Maṅgala Walk (मङ्गल यात्रा)

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

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

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5111
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1866484.27
Julian Day	2454949.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	23.9832°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	36.85°

🪷 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 (23.9832°), declination 14.14°, 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: 2009-04-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)