पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · November 27, 2012 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.20 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
परस्तस्मात्तु भावोऽन्योऽव्यक्तोऽव्यक्तात्सनातनः।

यः स सर्वेषु भूतेषु नश्यत्सु न विनश्यति।।8.20।।
"8.20 In truth, therefore, there is the Eternal Unmanifest, which is beyond and above the Unmanifest Spirit of Creation, which is never destroyed when all these being perish." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.20'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 Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya221.16°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
चन्द्र Candra24.19°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala253.39°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
बुध Budha203.90°TulāViśākhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati47.70°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
शुक्र Śukra191.97°TulāSvātī P2
शनि Śani191.88°TulāSvātī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:59 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:52 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:25 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:45 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:50 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 53 Mins 39 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 06 Mins 21 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:31 – 05:15
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:04 – 05:59
Abhijit Muhūrta11:04 – 11:47
Vijaya Muhūrta13:14 – 13:58
Godhūli Muhūrta16:40 – 17:04
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:52 – 17:19
Amṛta Kāla16:37 – 18:22
Niśīta Muhūrta23:04 – 23:47

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:09 – 15:30
Yamaganda08:42 – 10:04
Gulika Kāla11:25 – 12:47
Varjyam06:26 – 06:43
Dur Muhūrta 08:31 – 08:53

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Mudgara (Inauspicious)
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):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga05:59 – 07:20 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:20 – 08:42 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:42 – 10:04 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:04 – 11:25 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:25 – 12:47 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla12:47 – 14:09 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:09 – 15:30 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:30 – 16:52 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla16:52 – 18:30 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:30 – 20:09 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:09 – 21:47 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg21:47 – 23:25 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:25 – 01:04 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:04 – 02:42 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:42 – 04:20 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:20 – 05:59 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867793.27
Julian Day2456258.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0333°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)162.79°
🪷 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 (24.0333°), declination -21.16°, EoT 11.57 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: 2012-11-27 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)