पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · September 1, 2011 CE

🪷 आज: गणेश चतुर्थी — Gaṇeśa Caturthī
Gaṇeśa's birth day; 11-day festival in Maharashtra.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 16.7 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga
प्रवृत्तिं च निवृत्तिं च जना न विदुरासुराः।न शौचं नापि चाचारो न सत्यं तेषु विद्यते।।16.7।।
"16.7 The godless do not know how to act or how to renounce. They have neither purity nor truth. They do not understand the right principles of conduct." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 16.7's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2068 Krodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1933 Khara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1418
Malayalam Era: 1187
Nanakshahi: 542
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya134.26°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
चन्द्र Candra175.04°KanyāCitrā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala84.51°MithunaPunarvasu P2
बुध Budha116.33°KarkaAśleṣā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati16.23°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
शुक्र Śukra138.39°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
शनि Śani170.91°KanyāHasta P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:19 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:54 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:36 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:30 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:10 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 35 Mins 43 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 24 Mins 17 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:38 – 04:28
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:16 – 05:19
Abhijit Muhūrta11:11 – 12:02
Vijaya Muhūrta13:42 – 14:33
Godhūli Muhūrta17:42 – 18:06
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:54 – 18:26
Amṛta Kāla17:39 – 19:24
Niśīta Muhūrta23:11 – 00:02

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:11 – 14:45
Yamaganda05:19 – 06:53
Gulika Kāla08:28 – 10:02
Varjyam05:50 – 06:10
Dur Muhūrta 08:15 – 08:40

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

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):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:19 – 06:53 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga06:53 – 08:28 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:28 – 10:02 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:02 – 11:36 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:36 – 13:11 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:11 – 14:45 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:45 – 16:20 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:20 – 17:54 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:54 – 19:20 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:20 – 20:45 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:45 – 22:11 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:11 – 23:36 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:36 – 01:02 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:02 – 02:28 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:28 – 03:53 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta03:53 – 05:19 (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 Time

Kali Year5113
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867340.27
Julian Day2455805.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0160°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)37.97°
🪷 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 (24.0160°), declination 8.46°, EoT 0.48 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: 2011-09-01 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)