पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · April 18, 2013 CE

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BG 12.3 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga

ये त्वक्षरमनिर्देश्यमव्यक्तं पर्युपासते।सर्वत्रगमचिन्त्यं च कूटस्थमचलं ध्रुवम्।।12.3।।

"12.3 Those who worship Me as the Indestructible, the Undefinable, the Omnipresent, the Unthinkable, the Primeval, the Immutable and the Eternal;" — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 12.3's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2070 Parābhava

Śaka Saṁvat: 1935 Vijaya

Bengali Saṁvat: 1420

Malayalam Era: 1189

Nanakshahi: 544

Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)

Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Punarvasu Pada 4
योग (Yoga)	Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)	Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)	Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	4.14°	Meṣa	Aśvinī P2
चन्द्र Candra	88.74°	Mithuna	Punarvasu P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala	3.95°	Meṣa	Aśvinī P2
बुध Budha	341.65°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati	50.41°	Vṛṣabha	Rohiṇī P4
शुक्र Śukra	9.19°	Meṣa	Aśvinī P3
शनि Śani	194.71°	Tulā	Svātī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	05:14 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	17:58 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:36 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	10:34 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	23:55 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	12 Hours 43 Mins 53 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	11 Hours 16 Mins 07 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	03:33 – 04:24
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	04:11 – 05:14
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:11 – 12:02
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:44 – 14:35
Godhūli Muhūrta	17:46 – 18:10
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	17:58 – 18:30
Amṛta Kāla	17:43 – 19:28
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:11 – 00:02

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	13:12 – 14:47
Yamaganda	05:14 – 06:50
Gulika Kāla	08:25 – 10:01
Varjyam	05:46 – 06:07
Dur Muhūrta	08:13 – 08:38

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)

Candra Vāsa: South

Rāhu Vāsa: North-West

Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (Inauspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)

Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)

Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha	05:14 – 06:50 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga	06:50 – 08:25 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg	08:25 – 10:01 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala	10:01 – 11:36 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha	11:36 – 13:12 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta	13:12 – 14:47 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla	14:47 – 16:23 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha	16:23 – 17:58 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta	17:58 – 19:23 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla	19:23 – 20:47 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha	20:47 – 22:12 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga	22:12 – 23:36 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg	23:36 – 01:01 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala	01:01 – 02:25 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha	02:25 – 03:50 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta	03:50 – 05:14 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 22.5958°

Longitude: 88.2636°

Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Bṛhaspati Walk (गुरु यात्रा)

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:

-3137-12-25 — Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1867935.27
Julian Day	2456400.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.0387°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	87.19°

🪷 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 (24.0387°), declination 10.82°, EoT 0.51 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: 2013-04-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)