पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · December 10, 2017 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.19 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
य एनं वेत्ति हन्तारं यश्चैनं मन्यते हतम्।

उभौ तौ न विजानीतो नायं हन्ति न हन्यते।।2.19।।
"2.19 He who thinks that the Spirit kills, and he who thinks of It as killed, are both ignorant. The Spirit kills not, nor is It killed." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.19's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa 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)Kṛṣṇa Saptamī (22/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya234.06°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
चन्द्र Candra140.55°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala186.01°TulāCitrā P4
बुध Budha240.96°DhanuMūla P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati198.54°TulāSvātī P4
शुक्र Śukra226.56°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
शनि Śani244.55°DhanuMūla P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:07 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:54 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:31 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:04 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:29 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 46 Mins 55 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 13 Mins 05 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:41 – 05:24
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:13 – 06:07
Abhijit Muhūrta11:09 – 11:52
Vijaya Muhūrta13:18 – 14:01
Godhūli Muhūrta16:42 – 17:06
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:54 – 17:21
Amṛta Kāla16:39 – 18:24
Niśīta Muhūrta23:09 – 23:52

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:33 – 16:54
Yamaganda11:31 – 12:51
Gulika Kāla14:12 – 15:33
Varjyam06:34 – 06:51
Dur Muhūrta 08:38 – 09:00

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (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):
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 · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:07 – 07:28 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:28 – 08:49 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:49 – 10:10 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:10 – 11:31 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:31 – 12:51 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha12:51 – 14:12 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:12 – 15:33 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:33 – 16:54 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha16:54 – 18:33 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:33 – 20:12 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:12 – 21:51 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala21:51 – 23:31 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:31 – 01:10 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:10 – 02:49 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:49 – 04:28 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:28 – 06:07 (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)1869632.27
Julian Day2458097.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1036°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)263.19°
🪷 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 (24.1036°), declination -22.91°, EoT 6.43 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: 2017-12-10 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)