पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · March 5, 2017 CE

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 12.18 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga

समः शत्रौ च मित्रे च तथा मानापमानयोः।शीतोष्णसुखदुःखेषु समः सङ्गविवर्जितः।।12.18।।

"12.18 He to whom friend and foe are alike, who welcomes equally honour and dishonour, heat and cold, pleasure and pain, who is enamoured of nothing," — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 12.18'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 Saptamī (7/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Rohiṇī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)	Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)	Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)	Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	320.56°	Kumbha	Pūrva Bhādrapadā P1
चन्द्र Candra	44.72°	Vṛṣabha	Rohiṇī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala	2.04°	Meṣa	Aśvinī P1
बुध Budha	318.51°	Kumbha	Śatabhiṣā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati	177.47°	Kanyā	Citrā P2
शुक्र Śukra	348.90°	Mīna	Revatī P1
शनि Śani	242.67°	Dhanu	Mūla P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	05:56 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	17:43 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:49 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	10:45 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	00:07 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	11 Hours 47 Mins 04 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	12 Hours 12 Mins 56 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	04:21 – 05:09
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	04:57 – 05:56
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:26 – 12:13
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:47 – 14:34
Godhūli Muhūrta	17:31 – 17:55
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	17:43 – 18:12
Amṛta Kāla	17:28 – 19:13
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:26 – 00:13

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	16:14 – 17:43
Yamaganda	11:49 – 13:18
Gulika Kāla	14:46 – 16:14
Varjyam	06:25 – 06:44
Dur Muhūrta	08:41 – 09:04

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)

Candra Vāsa: South-East

Rāhu Vāsa: North-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Prajāpati (Auspicious)

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):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg	05:56 – 07:24 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala	07:24 – 08:52 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha	08:52 – 10:21 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta	10:21 – 11:49 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla	11:49 – 13:18 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha	13:18 – 14:46 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga	14:46 – 16:14 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg	16:14 – 17:43 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha	17:43 – 19:14 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga	19:14 – 20:46 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg	20:46 – 22:18 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala	22:18 – 23:49 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha	23:49 – 01:21 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta	01:21 – 02:52 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla	02:52 – 04:24 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha	04:24 – 05:56 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 22.5958°

Longitude: 88.2636°

Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Sūrya Walk (सूर्य यात्रा)

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 Śukla Saptamī + Rohiṇī alignment also occurred on:

-3226-07-09 — Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Rohiṇī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1869352.27
Julian Day	2457817.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.0929°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	83.18°

🪷 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 (24.0929°), declination -6.04°, EoT -12.23 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: 2017-03-05 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)