पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · September 4, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: वराह जयन्ती — Varāha Jayantī
Varāha lifted Bhū-Devī from the cosmic ocean.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 7.25 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
नाहं प्रकाशः सर्वस्य योगमायासमावृतः।

मूढोऽयं नाभिजानाति लोको मामजमव्ययम्।।7.25।।
"7.25 I am not visible to all, for I am enveloped by the illusion of Phenomenon. This deluded world does not know Me as the Unborn and the Imperishable." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.25's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

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 Tṛtīyā (3/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya137.86°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
चन्द्र Candra168.07°KanyāHasta P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala231.43°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
बुध Budha153.95°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati154.18°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
शुक्र Śukra161.76°KanyāHasta P1
शनि Śani225.88°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:20 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:51 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:35 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:42 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:31 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 30 Mins 59 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 29 Mins 01 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:40 – 04:30
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:17 – 05:20
Abhijit Muhūrta11:10 – 12:00
Vijaya Muhūrta13:41 – 14:31
Godhūli Muhūrta17:39 – 18:03
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:51 – 18:22
Amṛta Kāla17:36 – 19:21
Niśīta Muhūrta23:10 – 00:00

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:17 – 17:51
Yamaganda11:35 – 13:09
Gulika Kāla14:43 – 16:17
Varjyam05:51 – 06:11
Dur Muhūrta 08:15 – 08:40

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:20 – 06:54 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:54 – 08:28 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:28 – 10:02 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:02 – 11:35 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:35 – 13:09 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:09 – 14:43 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:43 – 16:17 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:17 – 17:51 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:51 – 19:17 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:17 – 20:43 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:43 – 22:09 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:09 – 23:35 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:35 – 01:02 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:02 – 02:28 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:28 – 03:54 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:54 – 05:20 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869170.27
Julian Day2457635.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0859°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)33.22°
🪷 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 (24.0859°), declination 7.08°, EoT 1.50 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: 2016-09-04 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)