पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · August 6, 2017 CE

🪷 आज: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.18 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
ज्ञानं ज्ञेयं परिज्ञाता त्रिविधा कर्मचोदना।करणं कर्म कर्तेति त्रिविधः कर्मसंग्रहः।।18.18।।
"18.18 Knowledge, the knower and the object of knowledge, these are the three incentives to action; and the act, the actor and the instrument are the threefold constituents." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Prīti
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya109.69°KarkaAśleṣā P1
चन्द्र Candra270.07°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala106.29°KarkaPuṣya P4
बुध Budha135.37°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati173.26°KanyāHasta P4
शुक्र Śukra71.93°MithunaĀrdrā P2
शनि Śani237.23°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:10 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:15 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:43 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:59 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:49 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 04 Mins 56 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 55 Mins 04 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:25 – 04:18
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:05 – 05:10
Abhijit Muhūrta11:16 – 12:09
Vijaya Muhūrta13:53 – 14:46
Godhūli Muhūrta18:03 – 18:27
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:15 – 18:48
Amṛta Kāla18:00 – 19:45
Niśīta Muhūrta23:16 – 00:09

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:37 – 18:15
Yamaganda11:43 – 13:21
Gulika Kāla14:59 – 16:37
Varjyam05:43 – 06:04
Dur Muhūrta 08:13 – 08:39

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:10 – 06:48 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:48 – 08:26 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:26 – 10:04 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:04 – 11:43 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:43 – 13:21 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:21 – 14:59 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:59 – 16:37 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:37 – 18:15 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:15 – 19:37 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:37 – 20:59 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:59 – 22:21 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:21 – 23:43 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:43 – 01:04 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:04 – 02:26 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:26 – 03:48 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:48 – 05:10 (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 Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869506.27
Julian Day2457971.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0988°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)159.66°
🪷 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 (24.0988°), declination 16.69°, EoT -5.59 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: 2017-08-06 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)