पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · July 16, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mithuna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Gemini.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.22 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
यं लब्ध्वा चापरं लाभं मन्यते नाधिकं ततः।

यस्मिन्स्थितो न दुःखेन गुरुणापि विचाल्यते।।6.22।।
"6.22 Finding That, he will realise that there is no possession so precious. And when once established here, no calamity can disturb him." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.22's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

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

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Anurādhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya89.87°MithunaPunarvasu P3
चन्द्र Candra223.84°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala210.54°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
बुध Budha99.74°KarkaPuṣya P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati144.61°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
शुक्र Śukra100.40°KarkaPuṣya P3
शनि Śani226.13°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:01 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:24 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:43 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:14 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:03 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 22 Mins 37 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 37 Mins 23 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:14 – 04:08
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:54 – 05:01
Abhijit Muhūrta11:16 – 12:09
Vijaya Muhūrta13:56 – 14:50
Godhūli Muhūrta18:12 – 18:36
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:24 – 18:57
Amṛta Kāla18:09 – 19:54
Niśīta Muhūrta23:16 – 00:09

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:22 – 10:02
Yamaganda13:23 – 15:03
Gulika Kāla05:01 – 06:42
Varjyam05:35 – 05:56
Dur Muhūrta 08:09 – 08:35

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:01 – 06:42 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha06:42 – 08:22 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:22 – 10:02 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:02 – 11:43 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:43 – 13:23 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:23 – 15:03 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:03 – 16:44 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:44 – 18:24 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:24 – 19:44 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:44 – 21:03 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:03 – 22:23 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:23 – 23:43 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:43 – 01:02 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:02 – 02:22 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:22 – 03:42 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha03:42 – 05:01 (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 Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869120.27
Julian Day2457585.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0840°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)133.30°
🪷 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 (24.0840°), declination 21.31°, EoT -5.68 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: 2016-07-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)