पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · October 5, 2011 CE

Also observed today

कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति · Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)Pan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 17.17 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga

श्रद्धया परया तप्तं तपस्तत्ित्रविधं नरैः।अफलाकाङ्क्षिभिर्युक्तैः सात्त्विकं परिचक्षते।।17.17।।

"17.17 These threefold austerities performed with faith, and without thought of reward, may truly be accounted Pure." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 17.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2068 Krodhi

Śaka Saṁvat: 1933 Khara

Bengali Saṁvat: 1418

Malayalam Era: 1187

Nanakshahi: 542

Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)

Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)	Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)	Bālava
वार (Vāra)	Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	167.44°	Kanyā	Hasta P3
चन्द्र Candra	268.29°	Dhanu	Uttara Āṣāḍhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala	105.37°	Karka	Puṣya P4
बुध Budha	171.91°	Kanyā	Hasta P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati	14.18°	Meṣa	Bharaṇī P1
शुक्र Śukra	180.62°	Tulā	Citrā P3
शनि Śani	174.82°	Kanyā	Citrā P1

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)	12:43 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	23:33 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	11 Hours 52 Mins 07 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	12 Hours 07 Mins 53 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	03:54 – 04:41
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	04:29 – 05:28
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:01 – 11:48
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:23 – 14:11
Godhūli Muhūrta	17:09 – 17:33
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	17:21 – 17:50
Amṛta Kāla	17:06 – 18:51
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:01 – 23:48

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	11:25 – 12:54
Yamaganda	06:58 – 08:27
Gulika Kāla	09:56 – 11:25
Varjyam	05:58 – 06:17
Dur Muhūrta	08:15 – 08:38

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)

Candra Vāsa: East

Rāhu Vāsa: South-West

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

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

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

Coordinates

Latitude: 22.5958°

Longitude: 88.2636°

Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Budha Walk (बुध यात्रा)

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Navamī + Pūrva Āṣāḍhā alignment also occurred on:

-1626101-04-03 — Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Śukla Navamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5113
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1867374.27
Julian Day	2455839.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.0173°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	98.07°

🪷 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 (24.0173°), declination -4.53°, EoT 12.39 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: 2011-10-05 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)