पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · July 8, 2020 CE

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

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 7.26 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
वेदाहं समतीतानि वर्तमानानि चार्जुन।

भविष्याणि च भूतानि मां तु वेद न कश्चन।।7.26।।
"7.26 I know, O Arjuna, all beings in the past, the present and the future; but they do not know Me." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.26's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2077 Pramādī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1942 Śārvarī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1427
Malayalam Era: 1196
Nanakshahi: 551
Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Prīti
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya82.22°MithunaPunarvasu P1
चन्द्र Candra296.88°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala341.42°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
बुध Budha71.65°MithunaĀrdrā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati269.00°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra43.67°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
शनि Śani275.42°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:58 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:25 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:42 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)20:22 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)07:38 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 27 Mins 06 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 32 Mins 54 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:10 – 04:04
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:51 – 04:58
Abhijit Muhūrta11:15 – 12:09
Vijaya Muhūrta13:56 – 14:50
Godhūli Muhūrta18:13 – 18:37
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:25 – 18:59
Amṛta Kāla18:10 – 19:55
Niśīta Muhūrta23:15 – 00:09

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:42 – 13:23
Yamaganda06:39 – 08:20
Gulika Kāla10:01 – 11:42
Varjyam05:32 – 05:53
Dur Muhūrta 08:06 – 08:33

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (Auspicious)
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):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha04:58 – 06:39 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta06:39 – 08:20 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:20 – 10:01 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:01 – 11:42 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:42 – 13:23 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:23 – 15:03 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:03 – 16:44 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:44 – 18:25 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:25 – 19:44 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:44 – 21:03 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:03 – 22:23 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:23 – 23:42 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:42 – 01:01 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:01 – 02:20 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:20 – 03:39 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg03:39 – 04:58 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5122
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870573.27
Julian Day2459038.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1396°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)216.59°
🪷 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 (24.1396°), declination 22.44°, EoT -4.68 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: 2020-07-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)