पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · May 12, 2019 CE

Also observed today

वैशाखी · Baisakhi (Vaiśākhī)Regional

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 16.13 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga

इदमद्य मया लब्धमिमं प्राप्स्ये मनोरथम्।इदमस्तीदमपि मे भविष्यति पुनर्धनम्।।16.13।।

"16.13 This I have gained today; tomorrow I will gratify another desire; this wealth is mine now, the rest shall be mine ere long;" — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 16.13's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2076 Paridhāvi

Śaka Saṁvat: 1941 Vikāri

Bengali Saṁvat: 1426

Malayalam Era: 1195

Nanakshahi: 550

Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)

Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Āśleṣā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)	Vṛddhi
करण (Karaṇa)	Bava
वार (Vāra)	Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	26.93°	Meṣa	Kṛttikā P1
चन्द्र Candra	116.83°	Karka	Aśleṣā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala	63.01°	Mithuna	Mr̥gaśirā P3
बुध Budha	15.56°	Meṣa	Bharaṇī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati	238.73°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P4
शुक्र Śukra	1.54°	Meṣa	Aśvinī P1
शनि Śani	266.20°	Dhanu	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	04:58 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	18:08 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:33 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	11:05 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	00:00 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	13 Hours 09 Mins 55 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	10 Hours 50 Mins 05 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	03:13 – 04:06
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	03:52 – 04:58
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:07 – 12:00
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:45 – 14:38
Godhūli Muhūrta	17:56 – 18:20
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	18:08 – 18:41
Amṛta Kāla	17:53 – 19:38
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:07 – 00:00

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	16:29 – 18:08
Yamaganda	11:33 – 13:12
Gulika Kāla	14:51 – 16:29
Varjyam	05:31 – 05:52
Dur Muhūrta	08:03 – 08:29

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)

Candra Vāsa: South-West

Rāhu Vāsa: North-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Vajra (Inauspicious)

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 · 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 · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg	04:58 – 06:37 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala	06:37 – 08:16 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha	08:16 – 09:54 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta	09:54 – 11:33 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla	11:33 – 13:12 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha	13:12 – 14:51 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga	14:51 – 16:29 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg	16:29 – 18:08 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha	18:08 – 19:29 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga	19:29 – 20:51 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg	20:51 – 22:12 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala	22:12 – 23:33 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha	23:33 – 00:54 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta	00:54 – 02:16 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla	02:16 – 03:37 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha	03:37 – 04:58 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 22.5958°

Longitude: 88.2636°

Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Sūrya Walk (सूर्य यात्रा)

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 Aṣṭamī + Āśleṣā alignment also occurred on:

-3137-12-25 — Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5121
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1870150.27
Julian Day	2458615.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1234°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	90.76°

🪷 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 (24.1234°), declination 18.02°, EoT 3.74 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: 2019-05-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)