पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · December 8, 2010 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.1 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाच

किं तद्ब्रह्म किमध्यात्मं किं कर्म पुरुषोत्तम।

अधिभूतं च किं प्रोक्तमधिदैवं किमुच्यते।।8.1।।
"8.1 "Arjuna asked: O Lord of Lords! What is that which men call the Supreme Spirit, what is man's Spiritual Nature, and what is the Law? What is Matter and what is Divinity?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.1's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2067 Śobhana
Śaka Saṁvat: 1932 Vikṛti
Bengali Saṁvat: 1417
Malayalam Era: 1186
Nanakshahi: 541
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Tṛtīyā (3/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Gaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya231.82°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
चन्द्र Candra259.90°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala245.89°DhanuMūla P2
बुध Budha251.46°DhanuMūla P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati330.19°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
शुक्र Śukra189.90°TulāSvātī P1
शनि Śani170.90°KanyāHasta P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:06 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:54 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:30 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:59 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:45 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 47 Mins 48 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 12 Mins 12 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:39 – 05:23
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:12 – 06:06
Abhijit Muhūrta11:08 – 11:51
Vijaya Muhūrta13:18 – 14:01
Godhūli Muhūrta16:42 – 17:06
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:54 – 17:21
Amṛta Kāla16:39 – 18:24
Niśīta Muhūrta23:08 – 23:51

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:30 – 12:51
Yamaganda07:27 – 08:48
Gulika Kāla10:09 – 11:30
Varjyam06:33 – 06:50
Dur Muhūrta 08:37 – 08:58

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Prajāpati (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):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:06 – 07:27 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:27 – 08:48 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:48 – 10:09 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:09 – 11:30 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:30 – 12:51 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg12:51 – 14:12 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:12 – 15:33 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:33 – 16:54 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg16:54 – 18:33 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:33 – 20:12 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:12 – 21:51 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta21:51 – 23:30 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:30 – 01:09 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:09 – 02:48 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:48 – 04:27 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:27 – 06:06 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5112
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867073.27
Julian Day2455538.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0057°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)29.98°
🪷 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 (24.0057°), declination -22.68°, EoT 7.30 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: 2010-12-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)