पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · September 25, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.16 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
आब्रह्मभुवनाल्लोकाः पुनरावर्तिनोऽर्जुन।

मामुपेत्य तु कौन्तेय पुनर्जन्म न विद्यते।।8.16।।
"8.16 The worlds, with the whole realm of creation, come and go; but, O Arjuna, whoso comes to Me, for him there is nor rebirth." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.16's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Daśamī (25/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Punarvasu Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya158.32°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
चन्द्र Candra88.82°MithunaPunarvasu P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala244.26°DhanuMūla P2
बुध Budha141.25°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati158.69°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
शुक्र Śukra187.42°TulāSvātī P1
शनि Śani226.93°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:26 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:30 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:28 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)00:09 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:30 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 04 Mins 02 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 55 Mins 58 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:49 – 04:38
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:25 – 05:26
Abhijit Muhūrta11:04 – 11:52
Vijaya Muhūrta13:28 – 14:17
Godhūli Muhūrta17:18 – 17:42
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:30 – 18:00
Amṛta Kāla17:15 – 19:00
Niśīta Muhūrta23:04 – 23:52

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:59 – 17:30
Yamaganda11:28 – 12:58
Gulika Kāla14:29 – 15:59
Varjyam05:56 – 06:15
Dur Muhūrta 08:15 – 08:39

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

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 · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:26 – 06:56 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:56 – 08:27 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:27 – 09:57 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta09:57 – 11:28 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:28 – 12:58 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha12:58 – 14:29 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:29 – 15:59 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:59 – 17:30 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:30 – 18:59 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:59 – 20:29 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:29 – 21:58 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala21:58 – 23:28 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:28 – 00:57 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta00:57 – 02:27 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:27 – 03:56 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:56 – 05:26 (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-Historical Resonance

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869191.27
Julian Day2457656.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0868°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)288.34°
🪷 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 (24.0868°), declination -0.96°, EoT 9.15 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: 2016-09-25 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)