पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · November 27, 2017 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.6 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
न चैतद्विद्मः कतरन्नो गरीयो

यद्वा जयेम यदि वा नो जयेयुः।

यानेव हत्वा न जिजीविषाम

स्तेऽवस्थिताः प्रमुखे धार्तराष्ट्राः।।2.6।।
"2.6 Nor can I say whether it were better that they conquer me or for me to conquer them, since would no longer care to live if I killed these sons of Dhritarashtra, now preparing for fight." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.6's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya220.88°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
चन्द्र Candra314.65°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala177.84°KanyāCitrā P2
बुध Budha242.38°DhanuMūla P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati195.89°TulāSvātī P3
शुक्र Śukra210.22°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
शनि Śani243.06°DhanuMūla P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:58 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:52 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:25 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:52 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:29 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 53 Mins 48 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 06 Mins 12 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:31 – 05:15
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:04 – 05:58
Abhijit Muhūrta11:04 – 11:47
Vijaya Muhūrta13:14 – 13:58
Godhūli Muhūrta16:40 – 17:04
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:52 – 17:20
Amṛta Kāla16:37 – 18:22
Niśīta Muhūrta23:04 – 23:47

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:20 – 08:42
Yamaganda10:04 – 11:25
Gulika Kāla12:47 – 14:09
Varjyam06:26 – 06:43
Dur Muhūrta 08:31 – 08:53

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhātṛ (Auspicious)
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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta05:58 – 07:20 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:20 – 08:42 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:42 – 10:04 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:04 – 11:25 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:25 – 12:47 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala12:47 – 14:09 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:09 – 15:31 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta15:31 – 16:52 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala16:52 – 18:31 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha18:31 – 20:09 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:09 – 21:47 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla21:47 – 23:25 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:25 – 01:04 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:04 – 02:42 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:42 – 04:20 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:20 – 05:58 (neutral)

Coordinates

Latitude: 22.5958°
Longitude: 88.2636°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Navamī + Śatabhiṣā alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Śukla Navamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869619.27
Julian Day2458084.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1031°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)97.50°
🪷 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 (24.1031°), declination -21.13°, EoT 11.57 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: 2017-11-27 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)