पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · October 3, 2013 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.17 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
यस्य नाहंकृतो भावो बुद्धिर्यस्य न लिप्यते।हत्वापि स इमाँल्लोकान्न हन्ति न निबध्यते।।18.17।।
"18.17 He who has no pride, and whose intellect is unalloyed by attachment, even though he kill these people, yet he does not kill them, and his act does not bind him." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.17'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 Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya165.95°KanyāHasta P2
चन्द्र Candra141.93°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala118.29°KarkaAśleṣā P4
बुध Budha190.26°TulāSvātī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati83.94°MithunaPunarvasu P2
शुक्र Śukra210.58°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
शनि Śani195.92°TulāSvātī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:28 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:22 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:25 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:37 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:01 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 54 Mins 02 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 05 Mins 58 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:53 – 04:41
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:29 – 05:28
Abhijit Muhūrta11:01 – 11:49
Vijaya Muhūrta13:24 – 14:12
Godhūli Muhūrta17:10 – 17:34
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:22 – 17:52
Amṛta Kāla17:07 – 18:52
Niśīta Muhūrta23:01 – 23:49

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:54 – 14:24
Yamaganda05:28 – 06:57
Gulika Kāla08:27 – 09:56
Varjyam05:58 – 06:17
Dur Muhūrta 08:15 – 08:39

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (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 · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:28 – 06:57 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga06:57 – 08:27 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:27 – 09:56 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala09:56 – 11:25 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:25 – 12:54 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta12:54 – 14:24 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:24 – 15:53 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha15:53 – 17:22 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:22 – 18:53 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla18:53 – 20:24 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:24 – 21:54 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga21:54 – 23:25 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:25 – 00:56 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala00:56 – 02:27 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:27 – 03:57 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta03:57 – 05:28 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868103.27
Julian Day2456568.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0451°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)335.08°
🪷 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 (24.0451°), declination -3.96°, EoT 11.79 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: 2013-10-03 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)