पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · February 29, 2020 CE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 4.14 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
न मां कर्माणि लिम्पन्ति न मे कर्मफले स्पृहा।

इति मां योऽभिजानाति कर्मभिर्न स बध्यते।।4.14।।
"4.14 My actions do not fetter Me, nor do I desire anything that they can bring. He who thus realises Me is not enslaved by action." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.14's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2077 Pramādī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1942 Śārvarī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1427
Malayalam Era: 1196
Nanakshahi: 551
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya315.78°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
चन्द्र Candra14.51°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala254.28°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
बुध Budha309.40°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati265.25°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शुक्र Śukra359.98°MīnaRevatī P4
शनि Śani273.90°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:00 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:40 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:50 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:18 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:12 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 40 Mins 59 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 19 Mins 01 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:26 – 05:13
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:01 – 06:00
Abhijit Muhūrta11:27 – 12:13
Vijaya Muhūrta13:47 – 14:34
Godhūli Muhūrta17:28 – 17:52
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:40 – 18:10
Amṛta Kāla17:25 – 19:10
Niśīta Muhūrta23:27 – 00:13

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:55 – 10:22
Yamaganda13:18 – 14:45
Gulika Kāla06:00 – 07:27
Varjyam06:29 – 06:47
Dur Muhūrta 08:43 – 09:06

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:00 – 07:27 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:27 – 08:55 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:55 – 10:22 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:22 – 11:50 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:50 – 13:18 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:18 – 14:45 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:45 – 16:13 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:13 – 17:40 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:40 – 19:13 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:13 – 20:45 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:45 – 22:18 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:18 – 23:50 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:50 – 01:22 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:22 – 02:55 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:55 – 04:27 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:27 – 06:00 (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)1870443.27
Julian Day2458908.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1346°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)62.53°
🪷 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 (24.1346°), declination -7.85°, EoT -13.04 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: 2020-02-29 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)