पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · February 17, 2019 CE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 13.11 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
मयि चानन्ययोगेन भक्ितरव्यभिचारिणी।विविक्तदेशसेवित्वमरतिर्जनसंसदि।।13.11।।
"13.11 Unswerving devotion to Me, by concentration on Me and Me alone, a love for solitude, indifference to social life;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.11's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2076 Paridhāvi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1941 Vikāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1426
Malayalam Era: 1195
Nanakshahi: 550
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Punarvasu Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya303.95°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
चन्द्र Candra86.98°MithunaPunarvasu P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala7.38°MeṣaAśvinī P3
बुध Budha317.37°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati236.16°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
शुक्र Śukra260.72°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani262.42°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:08 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:35 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:51 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:42 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:05 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 26 Mins 19 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 33 Mins 41 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:37 – 05:23
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:11 – 06:08
Abhijit Muhūrta11:29 – 12:14
Vijaya Muhūrta13:46 – 14:32
Godhūli Muhūrta17:23 – 17:47
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:35 – 18:03
Amṛta Kāla17:20 – 19:05
Niśīta Muhūrta23:29 – 00:14

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:09 – 17:35
Yamaganda11:51 – 13:17
Gulika Kāla14:43 – 16:09
Varjyam06:37 – 06:55
Dur Muhūrta 08:48 – 09:11

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:08 – 07:34 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:34 – 09:00 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:00 – 10:26 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:26 – 11:51 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:51 – 13:17 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:17 – 14:43 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:43 – 16:09 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:09 – 17:35 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:35 – 19:09 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:09 – 20:43 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:43 – 22:17 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:17 – 23:51 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:51 – 01:26 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:26 – 03:00 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:00 – 04:34 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:34 – 06:08 (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 Trayodaśī + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870066.27
Julian Day2458531.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1202°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)144.90°
🪷 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 (24.1202°), declination -12.14°, EoT -14.49 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: 2019-02-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)