पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · September 29, 2017 CE

Also observed today

कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति · Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)Pan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 18.72 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga

कच्चिदेतच्छ्रुतं पार्थ त्वयैकाग्रेण चेतसा।कच्चिदज्ञानसंमोहः प्रनष्टस्ते धनञ्जय।।18.72।।

"18.72 O Arjuna! Hast thou listened attentively to My words? Has thy ignorance and thy delusion gone?" — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 18.72's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa

Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī

Bengali Saṁvat: 1424

Malayalam Era: 1193

Nanakshahi: 548

Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)

Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)	Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)	Bālava
वार (Vāra)	Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	162.00°	Kanyā	Hasta P1
चन्द्र Candra	262.00°	Dhanu	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala	140.62°	Siṃha	Pūrva Phalgunī P3
बुध Budha	153.85°	Kanyā	Uttara Phalgunī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati	183.16°	Tulā	Citrā P3
शुक्र Śukra	136.69°	Siṃha	Pūrva Phalgunī P2
शनि Śani	237.88°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	05:27 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	17:26 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:26 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	12:43 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	23:30 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	11 Hours 59 Mins 10 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	12 Hours 00 Mins 50 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	03:51 – 04:39
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	04:27 – 05:27
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:02 – 11:50
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:26 – 14:14
Godhūli Muhūrta	17:14 – 17:38
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	17:26 – 17:56
Amṛta Kāla	17:11 – 18:56
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:02 – 23:50

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	09:57 – 11:26
Yamaganda	14:26 – 15:56
Gulika Kāla	06:57 – 08:27
Varjyam	05:57 – 06:16
Dur Muhūrta	08:15 – 08:39

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)

Candra Vāsa: East

Rāhu Vāsa: South-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Maitra (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):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala	05:27 – 06:57 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha	06:57 – 08:27 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta	08:27 – 09:57 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla	09:57 – 11:26 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha	11:26 – 12:56 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga	12:56 – 14:26 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg	14:26 – 15:56 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala	15:56 – 17:26 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga	17:26 – 18:56 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg	18:56 – 20:26 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala	20:26 – 21:56 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha	21:56 – 23:26 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta	23:26 – 00:57 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla	00:57 – 02:27 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha	02:27 – 03:57 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga	03:57 – 05:27 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 22.5958°

Longitude: 88.2636°

Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Śukra Walk (शुक्र यात्रा)

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Navamī + Pūrva Āṣāḍhā alignment also occurred on:

-1626101-04-03 — Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Śukla Navamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1869560.27
Julian Day	2458025.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1009°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	101.31°

🪷 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 (24.1009°), declination -2.42°, EoT 10.52 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: 2017-09-29 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)