पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · October 29, 2014 CE

🪷 आज: छठ पूजा — Chhaṭh Pūjā
Bihar/UP festival worshiping Sūrya. 6th day of Kārtika Śukla.

Also observed today

🪷 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: Kārtika (Kārtika Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1421
Malayalam Era: 1190
Nanakshahi: 545
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya191.48°TulāSvātī P2
चन्द्र Candra254.56°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala247.66°DhanuMūla P3
बुध Budha173.45°KanyāCitrā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati115.26°KarkaAśleṣā P3
शुक्र Śukra192.23°TulāSvātī P2
शनि Śani209.22°TulāViśākhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:39 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:02 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:21 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:11 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:55 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 22 Mins 03 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 37 Mins 57 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:09 – 04:54
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:43 – 05:39
Abhijit Muhūrta10:58 – 11:43
Vijaya Muhūrta13:14 – 14:00
Godhūli Muhūrta16:50 – 17:14
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:02 – 17:30
Amṛta Kāla16:47 – 18:32
Niśīta Muhūrta22:58 – 23:43

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:21 – 12:46
Yamaganda07:05 – 08:30
Gulika Kāla09:55 – 11:21
Varjyam06:08 – 06:26
Dur Muhūrta 08:19 – 08:41

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Prajāpati (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (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):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha05:39 – 07:05 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:05 – 08:30 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:30 – 09:55 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha09:55 – 11:21 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:21 – 12:46 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg12:46 – 14:11 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:11 – 15:36 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:36 – 17:02 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:02 – 18:36 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:36 – 20:11 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:11 – 21:46 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta21:46 – 23:21 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:21 – 00:55 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha00:55 – 02:30 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:30 – 04:05 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:05 – 05:39 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868494.27
Julian Day2456959.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0601°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)63.85°
🪷 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 (24.0601°), declination -13.37°, EoT 16.43 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: 2014-10-29 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)