पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · October 13, 2019 CE

Also observed today

रास पूर्णिमा · Rāsa Pūrṇimā (Vraja Mahā-Rāsa)Vaishnava
महर्षि वाल्मीकि जयन्ती · Mahārṣi Vālmīki JayantīPan-Hindu
कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति · Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)Pan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 1.37 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga

तस्मान्नार्हा वयं हन्तुं धार्तराष्ट्रान्स्वबान्धवान्।

स्वजनं हि कथं हत्वा सुखिनः स्याम माधव।।1.37।।

"1.37 We are worthy of a nobler feat than to slaughter our relatives - the sons of Dhritarashtra; for, my Lord, how can we be happy of we kill our kinsmen?" — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 1.37'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 Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)	Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)	Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)	Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	175.29°	Kanyā	Citrā P1
चन्द्र Candra	345.96°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala	161.29°	Kanyā	Hasta P1
बुध Budha	198.61°	Tulā	Svātī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati	235.88°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P3
शुक्र Śukra	191.01°	Tulā	Svātī P2
शनि Śani	260.22°	Dhanu	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	05:32 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	17:13 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:23 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	16:36 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	04:54 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	11 Hours 41 Mins 50 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	12 Hours 18 Mins 10 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	03:58 – 04:45
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	04:33 – 05:32
Abhijit Muhūrta	10:59 – 11:46
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:19 – 14:06
Godhūli Muhūrta	17:01 – 17:25
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	17:13 – 17:43
Amṛta Kāla	16:58 – 18:43
Niśīta Muhūrta	22:59 – 23:46

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	15:46 – 17:13
Yamaganda	11:23 – 12:50
Gulika Kāla	14:18 – 15:46
Varjyam	06:01 – 06:20
Dur Muhūrta	08:15 – 08:39

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)

Candra Vāsa: South-West

Rāhu Vāsa: North-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (Auspicious)

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 · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg	05:32 – 06:59 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala	06:59 – 08:27 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha	08:27 – 09:55 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta	09:55 – 11:23 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla	11:23 – 12:50 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha	12:50 – 14:18 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga	14:18 – 15:46 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg	15:46 – 17:13 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha	17:13 – 18:46 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga	18:46 – 20:18 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg	20:18 – 21:50 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala	21:50 – 23:23 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha	23:23 – 00:55 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta	00:55 – 02:27 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla	02:27 – 03:59 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha	03:59 – 05:32 (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 Pūrṇimā + Uttara Bhādrapadā alignment also occurred on:

-3137-10-04 — Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

-0562-04-11 — Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5121
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1870304.27
Julian Day	2458769.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1293°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	170.58°

🪷 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 (24.1293°), declination -7.60°, EoT 14.44 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: 2019-10-13 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)