पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · April 11, 2018 CE

🪷 आज: मीन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mīna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Pisces; Mīna-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 4.26 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
श्रोत्रादीनीन्द्रियाण्यन्ये संयमाग्निषु जुह्वति।

शब्दादीन्विषयानन्य इन्द्रियाग्निषु जुह्वति।।4.26।।
"4.26 Some sacrifice their physical senses in the fire of self-control; others offer up their contact with external objects in the sacrificial fire of their senses." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.26's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Daśamī (25/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya357.00°MīnaRevatī P4
चन्द्र Candra296.90°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala259.10°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
बुध Budha341.38°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati207.31°TulāViśākhā P3
शुक्र Śukra18.98°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
शनि Śani254.87°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:21 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:56 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:38 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:00 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:16 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 34 Mins 56 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 25 Mins 04 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:40 – 04:30
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:18 – 05:21
Abhijit Muhūrta11:13 – 12:03
Vijaya Muhūrta13:44 – 14:34
Godhūli Muhūrta17:44 – 18:08
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:56 – 18:27
Amṛta Kāla17:41 – 19:26
Niśīta Muhūrta23:13 – 00:03

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:38 – 13:13
Yamaganda06:55 – 08:30
Gulika Kāla10:04 – 11:38
Varjyam05:52 – 06:12
Dur Muhūrta 08:17 – 08:42

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha05:21 – 06:55 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta06:55 – 08:30 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:30 – 10:04 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:04 – 11:38 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:38 – 13:13 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:13 – 14:47 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:47 – 16:21 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:21 – 17:56 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:56 – 19:21 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:21 – 20:47 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:47 – 22:13 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:13 – 23:38 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:38 – 01:04 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:04 – 02:30 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:30 – 03:55 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg03:55 – 05:21 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869754.27
Julian Day2458219.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1083°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)299.76°
🪷 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 (24.1083°), declination 8.24°, EoT -1.32 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: 2018-04-11 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)