पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · October 14, 2018 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 10.2 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
न मे विदुः सुरगणाः प्रभवं न महर्षयः।

अहमादिर्हि देवानां महर्षीणां च सर्वशः।।10.2।।
"10.2 Neither the professors of divinity nor the great ascetics know My origin, for I am the source of them all." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.2's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Jyeṣṭhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Saubhāgya
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya176.53°KanyāCitrā P1
चन्द्र Candra236.57°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala287.28°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
बुध Budha191.69°TulāSvātī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati210.43°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
शुक्र Śukra195.27°TulāSvātī P3
शनि Śani249.45°DhanuMūla P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:32 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:12 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:22 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:01 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:44 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 40 Mins 16 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 19 Mins 44 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:59 – 04:45
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:34 – 05:32
Abhijit Muhūrta10:59 – 11:46
Vijaya Muhūrta13:19 – 14:06
Godhūli Muhūrta17:00 – 17:24
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:12 – 17:42
Amṛta Kāla16:57 – 18:42
Niśīta Muhūrta22:59 – 23:46

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:45 – 17:12
Yamaganda11:22 – 12:50
Gulika Kāla14:17 – 15:45
Varjyam06:01 – 06:20
Dur Muhūrta 08:16 – 08:39

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (Inauspicious)
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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:32 – 07:00 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:00 – 08:27 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:27 – 09:55 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta09:55 – 11:22 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:22 – 12:50 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha12:50 – 14:17 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:17 – 15:45 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:45 – 17:12 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:12 – 18:45 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:45 – 20:17 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:17 – 21:50 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala21:50 – 23:22 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:22 – 00:55 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta00:55 – 02:27 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:27 – 04:00 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:00 – 05:32 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī + Jyeṣṭhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Jyeṣṭhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869940.27
Julian Day2458405.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1154°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)60.76°
🪷 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 (24.1154°), declination -8.06°, EoT 14.65 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: 2018-10-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)