पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · June 18, 2009 CE

🪷 आज: मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mithuna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Gemini.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 12.5 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
क्लेशोऽधिकतरस्तेषामव्यक्तासक्तचेतसाम्।

अव्यक्ता हि गतिर्दुःखं देहवद्भिरवाप्यते।।12.5।।
"12.5 But they who thus fix their attention on the Absolute and Impersonal encounter greater hardships, for it is difficult for those who possess a body to realise Me as without one." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.5's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

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

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Daśamī (25/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Aśvinī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya62.97°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
चन्द्र Candra358.47°MīnaRevatī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala18.59°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
बुध Budha39.95°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati303.40°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
शुक्र Śukra17.49°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
शनि Śani141.56°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:52 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:23 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:38 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)01:03 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:37 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 31 Mins 01 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 28 Mins 59 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:04 – 03:58
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:45 – 04:52
Abhijit Muhūrta11:11 – 12:05
Vijaya Muhūrta13:53 – 14:47
Godhūli Muhūrta18:11 – 18:35
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:23 – 18:57
Amṛta Kāla18:08 – 19:53
Niśīta Muhūrta23:11 – 00:05

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:19 – 15:01
Yamaganda04:52 – 06:34
Gulika Kāla08:15 – 09:56
Varjyam05:26 – 05:48
Dur Muhūrta 08:01 – 08:29

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha04:52 – 06:34 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga06:34 – 08:15 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:15 – 09:56 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala09:56 – 11:38 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:38 – 13:19 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:19 – 15:01 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:01 – 16:42 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:42 – 18:23 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:23 – 19:42 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:42 – 21:01 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:01 – 22:19 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:19 – 23:38 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:38 – 00:56 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala00:56 – 02:15 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:15 – 03:34 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta03:34 – 04:52 (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 Daśamī + Aśvinī alignment also occurred on:
-3101-02-18Kali Yuga Epoch (same Aśvinī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5111
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866535.27
Julian Day2455000.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.9852°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)298.11°
🪷 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 (23.9852°), declination 23.40°, EoT -0.82 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: 2009-06-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)