पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · June 14, 2009 CE

🪷 आज: वृषभ सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛṣabha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Taurus.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 12.1 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाचएवं सततयुक्ता ये भक्तास्त्वां पर्युपासते।येचाप्यक्षरमव्यक्तं तेषां के योगवित्तमाः।।12.1।।
"12.1 "Arjuna asked: My Lord! Which are the better devotees who worship Thee, those who try to know Thee as a Personal God, or those who worship Thee as Impersonal and Indestructible?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.1's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Jyeṣṭha (Jyeṣṭha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2066 Śubhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1931 Virodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1416
Malayalam Era: 1185
Nanakshahi: 540
Solar Month: Vṛṣabha (Vaikāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Saptamī (22/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya59.15°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P2
चन्द्र Candra307.77°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala15.65°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
बुध Budha35.57°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati303.41°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
शुक्र Śukra13.43°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
शनि Śani141.37°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:52 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:22 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:37 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:27 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:56 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 30 Mins 26 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 29 Mins 34 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:04 – 03:58
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:44 – 04:52
Abhijit Muhūrta11:10 – 12:04
Vijaya Muhūrta13:52 – 14:46
Godhūli Muhūrta18:10 – 18:34
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:22 – 18:56
Amṛta Kāla18:07 – 19:52
Niśīta Muhūrta23:10 – 00:04

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:41 – 18:22
Yamaganda11:37 – 13:18
Gulika Kāla15:00 – 16:41
Varjyam05:25 – 05:47
Dur Muhūrta 08:01 – 08:28

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mātaṇga (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg04:52 – 06:33 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:33 – 08:14 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:14 – 09:56 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta09:56 – 11:37 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:37 – 13:18 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:18 – 15:00 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:00 – 16:41 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:41 – 18:22 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:22 – 19:41 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:41 – 21:00 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:00 – 22:18 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:18 – 23:37 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:37 – 00:56 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta00:56 – 02:14 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:14 – 03:33 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:33 – 04:52 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5111
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866531.27
Julian Day2454996.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.9850°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)252.62°
🪷 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 (23.9850°), declination 23.26°, EoT 0.01 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: 2009-06-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)