पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · June 8, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: वृषभ सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛṣabha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Taurus.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 5.13 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
सर्वकर्माणि मनसा संन्यस्यास्ते सुखं वशी।

नवद्वारे पुरे देही नैव कुर्वन्न कारयन्।।5.13।।
"5.13 Mentally renouncing all actions, the self-controlled soul enjoys bliss in this body, the city of the nine gates, neither doing anything himself nor causing anything to be done." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.13's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Jyeṣṭha (Jyeṣṭha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Vṛṣabha (Vaikāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Punarvasu Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vṛddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya53.61°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P1
चन्द्र Candra92.54°KarkaPunarvasu P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala212.04°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
बुध Budha29.38°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati139.80°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
शुक्र Śukra53.69°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P1
शनि Śani228.49°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:51 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:20 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:36 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:32 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:51 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 28 Mins 50 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 31 Mins 10 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:03 – 03:57
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:44 – 04:51
Abhijit Muhūrta11:09 – 12:03
Vijaya Muhūrta13:51 – 14:44
Godhūli Muhūrta18:08 – 18:32
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:20 – 18:54
Amṛta Kāla18:05 – 19:50
Niśīta Muhūrta23:09 – 00:03

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:36 – 13:17
Yamaganda06:32 – 08:14
Gulika Kāla09:55 – 11:36
Varjyam05:25 – 05:47
Dur Muhūrta 08:00 – 08:27

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)
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 · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha04:51 – 06:32 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta06:32 – 08:14 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:14 – 09:55 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha09:55 – 11:36 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:36 – 13:17 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:17 – 14:58 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:58 – 16:39 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:39 – 18:20 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:20 – 19:39 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:39 – 20:58 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:58 – 22:17 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:17 – 23:36 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:36 – 00:55 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha00:55 – 02:14 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:14 – 03:32 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg03:32 – 04:51 (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-Historical Resonance

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869082.27
Julian Day2457547.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0826°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)38.71°
🪷 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 (24.0826°), declination 22.87°, EoT 1.18 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: 2016-06-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)