पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · March 22, 2020 CE

🪷 आज: मीन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mīna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Pisces; Mīna-māsa begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 4.36 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
अपि चेदसि पापेभ्यः सर्वेभ्यः पापकृत्तमः।

सर्वं ज्ञानप्लवेनैव वृजिनं सन्तरिष्यसि।।4.36।।
"4.36 Be thou the greatest of sinners, yet thou shalt cross over all sin by the ferryboat of wisdom." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.36's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2077 Pramādī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1942 Śārvarī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1427
Malayalam Era: 1196
Nanakshahi: 551
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya337.75°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
चन्द्र Candra311.99°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala269.52°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
बुध Budha309.83°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati268.92°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra23.49°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
शनि Śani275.82°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:40 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:49 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:44 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:14 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:48 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 09 Mins 43 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 50 Mins 17 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:02 – 04:51
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:39 – 05:40
Abhijit Muhūrta11:20 – 12:09
Vijaya Muhūrta13:46 – 14:35
Godhūli Muhūrta17:37 – 18:01
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:49 – 18:20
Amṛta Kāla17:34 – 19:19
Niśīta Muhūrta23:20 – 00:09

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:18 – 17:49
Yamaganda11:44 – 13:16
Gulika Kāla14:47 – 16:18
Varjyam06:10 – 06:29
Dur Muhūrta 08:30 – 08:54

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mātaṇga (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:40 – 07:11 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:11 – 08:42 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:42 – 10:13 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:13 – 11:44 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:44 – 13:16 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:16 – 14:47 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:47 – 16:18 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:18 – 17:49 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:49 – 19:18 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:18 – 20:47 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:47 – 22:16 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:16 – 23:44 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:44 – 01:13 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:13 – 02:42 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:42 – 04:11 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:11 – 05:40 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5121
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870465.27
Julian Day2458930.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1355°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)333.62°
🪷 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 (24.1355°), declination 0.75°, EoT -7.53 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: 2020-03-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)