पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · October 4, 2009 CE

Also observed today

रास पूर्णिमा · Rāsa Pūrṇimā (Vraja Mahā-Rāsa)Vaishnava
महर्षि वाल्मीकि जयन्ती · Mahārṣi Vālmīki JayantīPan-Hindu
कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति · Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)Pan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 16.11 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga

चिन्तामपरिमेयां च प्रलयान्तामुपाश्रिताः।कामोपभोगपरमा एतावदिति निश्िचताः।।16.11।।

"16.11 Poring anxiously over evil resolutions, which only end in death; seeking only the gratification of desire as the highest goal; seeing nothing beyond;" — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 16.11's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2066 Śubhakṛt

Śaka Saṁvat: 1931 Virodhi

Bengali Saṁvat: 1416

Malayalam Era: 1185

Nanakshahi: 540

Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)

Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)	Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)	Bava
वार (Vāra)	Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	166.96°	Kanyā	Hasta P3
चन्द्र Candra	344.32°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala	89.26°	Mithuna	Punarvasu P3
बुध Budha	149.24°	Siṃha	Uttara Phalgunī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati	293.63°	Makara	Dhaniṣṭhā P1
शुक्र Śukra	142.44°	Siṃha	Pūrva Phalgunī P3
शनि Śani	152.78°	Kanyā	Uttara Phalgunī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	05:28 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	17:21 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:25 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	17:06 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	05:22 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	11 Hours 52 Mins 47 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	12 Hours 07 Mins 13 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	03:53 – 04:41
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	04:29 – 05:28
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:01 – 11:49
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:24 – 14:11
Godhūli Muhūrta	17:09 – 17:33
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	17:21 – 17:51
Amṛta Kāla	17:06 – 18:51
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:01 – 23:49

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	15:52 – 17:21
Yamaganda	11:25 – 12:54
Gulika Kāla	14:23 – 15:52
Varjyam	05:58 – 06:17
Dur Muhūrta	08:15 – 08:39

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)

Candra Vāsa: South-West

Rāhu Vāsa: North-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)

Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg	05:28 – 06:58 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala	06:58 – 08:27 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha	08:27 – 09:56 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta	09:56 – 11:25 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla	11:25 – 12:54 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha	12:54 – 14:23 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga	14:23 – 15:52 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg	15:52 – 17:21 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha	17:21 – 18:52 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga	18:52 – 20:23 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg	20:23 – 21:54 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala	21:54 – 23:25 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha	23:25 – 00:56 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta	00:56 – 02:27 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla	02:27 – 03:58 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha	03:58 – 05:28 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 22.5958°

Longitude: 88.2636°

Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Sūrya Walk (सूर्य यात्रा)

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Uttara Bhādrapadā alignment also occurred on:

-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	5111
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1866643.27
Julian Day	2455108.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	23.9893°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	176.89°

🪷 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 (23.9893°), declination -4.33°, EoT 12.10 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: 2009-10-04 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)