पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · November 25, 2012 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.18 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
अव्यक्ताद्व्यक्तयः सर्वाः प्रभवन्त्यहरागमे।

रात्र्यागमे प्रलीयन्ते तत्रैवाव्यक्तसंज्ञके।।8.18।।
"8.18 At the dawning of that day all objects in manifestation stream forth from the Unmanifest, and when evening falls they are dissolved into It again." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2069 Viśvāvasu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1934 Nandana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1419
Malayalam Era: 1188
Nanakshahi: 543
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya219.14°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
चन्द्र Candra0.36°MeṣaAśvinī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala251.86°DhanuMūla P4
बुध Budha204.26°TulāViśākhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati47.97°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
शुक्र Śukra189.49°TulāSvātī P1
शनि Śani191.66°TulāSvātī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:57 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:52 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:25 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:31 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:08 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 55 Mins 05 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 04 Mins 55 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:30 – 05:13
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:03 – 05:57
Abhijit Muhūrta11:03 – 11:47
Vijaya Muhūrta13:14 – 13:58
Godhūli Muhūrta16:40 – 17:04
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:52 – 17:20
Amṛta Kāla16:37 – 18:22
Niśīta Muhūrta23:03 – 23:47

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:30 – 16:52
Yamaganda11:25 – 12:47
Gulika Kāla14:08 – 15:30
Varjyam06:24 – 06:42
Dur Muhūrta 08:30 – 08:52

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:57 – 07:19 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:19 – 08:41 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:41 – 10:03 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:03 – 11:25 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:25 – 12:47 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha12:47 – 14:08 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:08 – 15:30 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:30 – 16:52 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha16:52 – 18:30 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:30 – 20:08 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:08 – 21:47 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala21:47 – 23:25 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:25 – 01:03 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:03 – 02:41 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:41 – 04:19 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:19 – 05:57 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867791.27
Julian Day2456256.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0332°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)139.52°
🪷 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 (24.0332°), declination -20.79°, EoT 12.23 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: 2012-11-25 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)