पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · October 11, 2019 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.35 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
एतान्न हन्तुमिच्छामि घ्नतोऽपि मधुसूदन।

अपि त्रैलोक्यराज्यस्य हेतोः किं नु महीकृते।।1.35।।
"1.35 I would not kill them, even for three worlds; why then for this poor earth? It matters not if I myself am killed." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.35's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2076 Paridhāvi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1941 Vikāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1426
Malayalam Era: 1195
Nanakshahi: 550
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Bhādrapadā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Gaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya173.31°KanyāHasta P4
चन्द्र Candra322.10°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala160.00°KanyāHasta P1
बुध Budha196.06°TulāSvātī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati235.56°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
शुक्र Śukra188.53°TulāSvātī P1
शनि Śani260.14°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:31 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:15 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:23 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:25 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:12 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 44 Mins 22 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 15 Mins 38 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:57 – 04:44
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:32 – 05:31
Abhijit Muhūrta10:59 – 11:46
Vijaya Muhūrta13:20 – 14:07
Godhūli Muhūrta17:03 – 17:27
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:15 – 17:44
Amṛta Kāla17:00 – 18:45
Niśīta Muhūrta22:59 – 23:46

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:55 – 11:23
Yamaganda14:19 – 15:47
Gulika Kāla06:59 – 08:27
Varjyam06:00 – 06:19
Dur Muhūrta 08:15 – 08:39

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (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 · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:31 – 06:59 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha06:59 – 08:27 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:27 – 09:55 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla09:55 – 11:23 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:23 – 12:51 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga12:51 – 14:19 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:19 – 15:47 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala15:47 – 17:15 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:15 – 18:47 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg18:47 – 20:19 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:19 – 21:51 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha21:51 – 23:23 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:23 – 00:55 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla00:55 – 02:27 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:27 – 03:59 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga03:59 – 05:31 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5121
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870302.27
Julian Day2458767.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1292°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)147.64°
🪷 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 (24.1292°), declination -6.85°, EoT 13.99 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: 2019-10-11 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)