पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · July 6, 2019 CE

🪷 आज: मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mithuna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Gemini.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.16 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
तत्रैवं सति कर्तारमात्मानं केवलं तु यः।पश्यत्यकृतबुद्धित्वान्न स पश्यति दुर्मतिः।।18.16।।
"18.16 But the fool who supposes, because of his immature judgment, that it is his own Self alone that acts, he perverts the truth and does not see rightly." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.16's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2076 Paridhāvi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1941 Vikāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1426
Malayalam Era: 1195
Nanakshahi: 550
Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Siddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya79.60°MithunaĀrdrā P4
चन्द्र Candra123.87°SiṃhaMaghā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala98.22°KarkaPuṣya P2
बुध Budha100.01°KarkaPuṣya P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati232.34°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
शुक्र Śukra68.58°MithunaĀrdrā P1
शनि Śani263.29°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:57 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:25 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:41 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:15 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:02 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 28 Mins 17 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 31 Mins 43 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:09 – 04:03
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:50 – 04:57
Abhijit Muhūrta11:14 – 12:08
Vijaya Muhūrta13:56 – 14:50
Godhūli Muhūrta18:13 – 18:37
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:25 – 18:59
Amṛta Kāla18:10 – 19:55
Niśīta Muhūrta23:14 – 00:08

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:19 – 10:00
Yamaganda13:22 – 15:03
Gulika Kāla04:57 – 06:38
Varjyam05:31 – 05:52
Dur Muhūrta 08:06 – 08:33

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla04:57 – 06:38 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha06:38 – 08:19 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:19 – 10:00 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:00 – 11:41 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:41 – 13:22 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:22 – 15:03 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:03 – 16:44 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:44 – 18:25 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:25 – 19:44 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:44 – 21:03 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:03 – 22:22 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:22 – 23:41 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:41 – 01:00 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:00 – 02:19 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:19 – 03:38 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha03:38 – 04:57 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5121
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870205.27
Julian Day2458670.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1255°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)41.90°
🪷 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 (24.1255°), declination 22.73°, EoT -4.36 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: 2019-07-06 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)