पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · December 11, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 10.31 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
पवनः पवतामस्मि रामः शस्त्रभृतामहम्।

झषाणां मकरश्चास्मि स्रोतसामस्मि जाह्नवी।।10.31।।
"10.31 I am the Wind among purifiers, the King Rama among warriors; I am the Crocodile among the fishes, and I am the Ganges among rivers." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.31's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya235.34°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
चन्द्र Candra13.44°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala299.37°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
बुध Budha255.93°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati173.82°KanyāCitrā P1
शुक्र Śukra279.65°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
शनि Śani234.64°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:08 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:54 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:31 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:17 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:10 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 46 Mins 30 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 13 Mins 30 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:42 – 05:25
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:14 – 06:08
Abhijit Muhūrta11:09 – 11:53
Vijaya Muhūrta13:19 – 14:02
Godhūli Muhūrta16:42 – 17:06
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:54 – 17:21
Amṛta Kāla16:39 – 18:24
Niśīta Muhūrta23:09 – 23:53

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:33 – 16:54
Yamaganda11:31 – 12:52
Gulika Kāla14:13 – 15:33
Varjyam06:35 – 06:52
Dur Muhūrta 08:39 – 09:00

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:08 – 07:29 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:29 – 08:49 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:49 – 10:10 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:10 – 11:31 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:31 – 12:52 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha12:52 – 14:13 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:13 – 15:33 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:33 – 16:54 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha16:54 – 18:33 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:33 – 20:13 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:13 – 21:52 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala21:52 – 23:31 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:31 – 01:10 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:10 – 02:49 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:49 – 04:29 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:29 – 06:08 (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)1869268.27
Julian Day2457733.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0897°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)140.78°
🪷 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 (24.0897°), declination -23.02°, EoT 5.99 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: 2016-12-11 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)