पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · May 10, 2018 CE

🪷 आज: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 5.13 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
सर्वकर्माणि मनसा संन्यस्यास्ते सुखं वशी।

नवद्वारे पुरे देही नैव कुर्वन्न कारयन्।।5.13।।
"5.13 Mentally renouncing all actions, the self-controlled soul enjoys bliss in this body, the city of the nine gates, neither doing anything himself nor causing anything to be done." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.13's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Daśamī (25/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya25.25°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
चन्द्र Candra317.08°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala273.12°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
बुध Budha0.34°MeṣaAśvinī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati203.95°TulāViśākhā P2
शुक्र Śukra54.23°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P1
शनि Śani254.53°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:59 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:07 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:33 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)01:10 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:51 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 08 Mins 12 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 51 Mins 48 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:14 – 04:07
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:53 – 04:59
Abhijit Muhūrta11:07 – 12:00
Vijaya Muhūrta13:45 – 14:37
Godhūli Muhūrta17:55 – 18:19
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:07 – 18:40
Amṛta Kāla17:52 – 19:37
Niśīta Muhūrta23:07 – 00:00

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:12 – 14:50
Yamaganda04:59 – 06:38
Gulika Kāla08:16 – 09:55
Varjyam05:32 – 05:53
Dur Muhūrta 08:03 – 08:29

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Maitra (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

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 Śubha04:59 – 06:38 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga06:38 – 08:16 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:16 – 09:55 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala09:55 – 11:33 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:33 – 13:12 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:12 – 14:50 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:50 – 16:29 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:29 – 18:07 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:07 – 19:29 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:29 – 20:50 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:50 – 22:12 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:12 – 23:33 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:33 – 00:55 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala00:55 – 02:16 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:16 – 03:38 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta03:38 – 04:59 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869783.27
Julian Day2458248.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1094°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)293.16°
🪷 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 (24.1094°), declination 17.56°, EoT 3.68 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: 2018-05-10 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)