पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · August 18, 2016 CE

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 7.8 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga

रसोऽहमप्सु कौन्तेय प्रभास्मि शशिसूर्ययोः।

प्रणवः सर्ववेदेषु शब्दः खे पौरुषं नृषु।।7.8।।

"7.8 O Arjuna! I am the Fluidity in water, the Light in the sun and in the moon. I am the mystic syllable Om in the Vedic scriptures, the Sound in ether, the Virility in man." — Shri Purohit Swami

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तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya

Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi

Bengali Saṁvat: 1423

Malayalam Era: 1192

Nanakshahi: 547

Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)

Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)	Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)	Bava
वार (Vāra)	Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	121.45°	Siṃha	Maghā P1
चन्द्र Candra	296.74°	Makara	Dhaniṣṭhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala	222.41°	Vṛścika	Anurādhā P3
बुध Budha	148.61°	Siṃha	Uttara Phalgunī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati	150.67°	Kanyā	Uttara Phalgunī P2
शुक्र Śukra	140.93°	Siṃha	Pūrva Phalgunī P3
शनि Śani	225.52°	Vṛścika	Anurādhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	05:15 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	18:06 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:40 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	17:44 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	04:59 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	12 Hours 51 Mins 35 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	11 Hours 08 Mins 25 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	03:32 – 04:23
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	04:10 – 05:15
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:15 – 12:06
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:49 – 14:41
Godhūli Muhūrta	17:54 – 18:18
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	18:06 – 18:38
Amṛta Kāla	17:51 – 19:36
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:15 – 00:06

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	13:17 – 14:53
Yamaganda	05:15 – 06:51
Gulika Kāla	08:28 – 10:04
Varjyam	05:47 – 06:07
Dur Muhūrta	08:15 – 08:40

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)

Candra Vāsa: South-East

Rāhu Vāsa: North-West

Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)

Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)

Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha	05:15 – 06:51 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga	06:51 – 08:28 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg	08:28 – 10:04 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala	10:04 – 11:40 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha	11:40 – 13:17 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta	13:17 – 14:53 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla	14:53 – 16:30 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha	16:30 – 18:06 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta	18:06 – 19:30 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla	19:30 – 20:53 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha	20:53 – 22:17 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga	22:17 – 23:40 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg	23:40 – 01:04 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala	01:04 – 02:28 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha	02:28 – 03:51 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta	03:51 – 05:15 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 22.5958°

Longitude: 88.2636°

Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Bṛhaspati Walk (गुरु यात्रा)

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Dhaniṣṭhā alignment also occurred on:

-3137-10-04 — Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

-0562-04-11 — Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1869153.27
Julian Day	2457618.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.0853°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	174.30°

🪷 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 (24.0853°), declination 13.01°, EoT -3.53 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: 2016-08-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)