पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · March 2, 2017 CE

Also observed today

विनायक चतुर्थी · Vināyaka Caturthī (monthly)Pan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 12.15 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga

यस्मान्नोद्विजते लोको लोकान्नोद्विजते च यः।हर्षामर्षभयोद्वेगैर्मुक्तो यः स च मे प्रियः।।12.15।।

"12.15 He who does not harm the world, and whom the world cannot harm, who is not carried away by any impulse of joy, anger or fear, such a one is My beloved." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 12.15's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa

Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī

Bengali Saṁvat: 1424

Malayalam Era: 1193

Nanakshahi: 548

Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)

Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Aśvinī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)	Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)	Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)	Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	317.55°	Kumbha	Śatabhiṣā P4
चन्द्र Candra	1.88°	Meṣa	Aśvinī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala	359.86°	Mīna	Revatī P4
बुध Budha	312.97°	Kumbha	Śatabhiṣā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati	177.70°	Kanyā	Citrā P2
शुक्र Śukra	348.80°	Mīna	Revatī P1
शनि Śani	242.51°	Dhanu	Mūla P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	05:58 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	17:41 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:50 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	08:28 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	21:07 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	11 Hours 43 Mins 12 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	12 Hours 16 Mins 48 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	04:24 – 05:11
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	05:00 – 05:58
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:26 – 12:13
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:47 – 14:34
Godhūli Muhūrta	17:29 – 17:53
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	17:41 – 18:11
Amṛta Kāla	17:26 – 19:11
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:26 – 00:13

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	13:18 – 14:46
Yamaganda	05:58 – 07:26
Gulika Kāla	08:54 – 10:22
Varjyam	06:28 – 06:46
Dur Muhūrta	08:42 – 09:06

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)

Candra Vāsa: East

Rāhu Vāsa: North-West

Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (Inauspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)

Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

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 · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha	05:58 – 07:26 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga	07:26 – 08:54 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg	08:54 – 10:22 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala	10:22 – 11:50 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha	11:50 – 13:18 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta	13:18 – 14:46 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla	14:46 – 16:13 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha	16:13 – 17:41 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta	17:41 – 19:13 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla	19:13 – 20:46 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha	20:46 – 22:18 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga	22:18 – 23:50 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg	23:50 – 01:22 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala	01:22 – 02:54 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha	02:54 – 04:26 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta	04:26 – 05:58 (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 Caturthī + Aśvinī alignment also occurred on:

-3101-02-18 — Kali Yuga Epoch (same Aśvinī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1869349.27
Julian Day	2457814.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.0928°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	42.97°

🪷 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 (24.0928°), declination -7.19°, EoT -12.85 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: 2017-03-02 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)