पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · September 28, 2013 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.12 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
अनिष्टमिष्टं मिश्रं च त्रिविधं कर्मणः फलम्।भवत्यत्यागिनां प्रेत्य न तु संन्यासिनां क्वचित्।।18.12।।
"18.12 For those who cannot renounce all desire, the fruit of action hereafter is threefold - good, evil, and partly good and partly evil. But for him who has renounced, there is none." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.12's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2070 Parābhava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1935 Vijaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1420
Malayalam Era: 1189
Nanakshahi: 544
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Navamī (24/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Punarvasu Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya161.04°KanyāHasta P1
चन्द्र Candra80.51°MithunaPunarvasu P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala115.23°KarkaAśleṣā P3
बुध Budha183.86°TulāCitrā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati83.38°MithunaPunarvasu P2
शुक्र Śukra204.97°TulāViśākhā P2
शनि Śani195.38°TulāSvātī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:27 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:27 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:27 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:22 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:47 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 00 Mins 30 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 59 Mins 30 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:50 – 04:38
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:26 – 05:27
Abhijit Muhūrta11:03 – 11:51
Vijaya Muhūrta13:27 – 14:15
Godhūli Muhūrta17:15 – 17:39
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:27 – 17:57
Amṛta Kāla17:12 – 18:57
Niśīta Muhūrta23:03 – 23:51

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:27 – 09:57
Yamaganda12:57 – 14:27
Gulika Kāla05:27 – 06:57
Varjyam05:57 – 06:16
Dur Muhūrta 08:15 – 08:39

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (Inauspicious)
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):
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 Kāla05:27 – 06:57 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha06:57 – 08:27 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:27 – 09:57 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg09:57 – 11:27 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:27 – 12:57 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha12:57 – 14:27 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:27 – 15:57 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla15:57 – 17:27 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:27 – 18:57 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta18:57 – 20:27 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:27 – 21:57 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha21:57 – 23:27 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:27 – 00:57 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg00:57 – 02:27 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:27 – 03:57 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha03:57 – 05:27 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Navamī + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868098.27
Julian Day2456563.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0449°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)279.90°
🪷 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 (24.0449°), declination -2.02°, EoT 10.18 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: 2013-09-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)