पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · September 10, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: सिंह सङ्क्रान्ति — Siṁha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Leo.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.1 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाच

किं तद्ब्रह्म किमध्यात्मं किं कर्म पुरुषोत्तम।

अधिभूतं च किं प्रोक्तमधिदैवं किमुच्यते।।8.1।।
"8.1 "Arjuna asked: O Lord of Lords! What is that which men call the Supreme Spirit, what is man's Spiritual Nature, and what is the Law? What is Matter and what is Divinity?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.1'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 Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mūla Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Prīti
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya143.69°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
चन्द्र Candra239.68°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala234.93°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
बुध Budha149.47°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati155.46°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
शुक्र Śukra169.10°KanyāHasta P3
शनि Śani226.11°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:22 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:45 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:33 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:36 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:19 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 23 Mins 23 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 36 Mins 37 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:42 – 04:32
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:20 – 05:22
Abhijit Muhūrta11:09 – 11:58
Vijaya Muhūrta13:37 – 14:27
Godhūli Muhūrta17:33 – 17:57
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:45 – 18:16
Amṛta Kāla17:30 – 19:15
Niśīta Muhūrta23:09 – 23:58

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:27 – 10:00
Yamaganda13:06 – 14:39
Gulika Kāla05:22 – 06:55
Varjyam05:53 – 06:12
Dur Muhūrta 08:15 – 08:40

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (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):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:22 – 06:55 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha06:55 – 08:27 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:27 – 10:00 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:00 – 11:33 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:33 – 13:06 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:06 – 14:39 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:39 – 16:12 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:12 – 17:45 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:45 – 19:12 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:12 – 20:39 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:39 – 22:06 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:06 – 23:33 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:33 – 01:00 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:00 – 02:27 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:27 – 03:55 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha03:55 – 05:22 (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-Historical Resonance

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869176.27
Julian Day2457641.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0862°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)98.73°
🪷 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 (24.0862°), declination 4.83°, EoT 3.65 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: 2016-09-10 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)