पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · September 24, 2020 CE

Also observed today

कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति · Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)Pan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 10.12 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga

अर्जुन उवाच

परं ब्रह्म परं धाम पवित्रं परमं भवान्।

पुरुषं शाश्वतं दिव्यमादिदेवमजं विभुम्।।10.12।।

"10.12 Arjuna asked: Thou art the Supreme Spirit, the Eternal Home, the Holiest of the Holy, the Eternal Divine Self, the Primal God, the Unborn and the Omnipresent." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 10.12's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2077 Pramādī

Śaka Saṁvat: 1942 Śārvarī

Bengali Saṁvat: 1427

Malayalam Era: 1196

Nanakshahi: 551

Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)

Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Mūla Pada 1
योग (Yoga)	Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)	Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)	Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	157.32°	Kanyā	Uttara Phalgunī P4
चन्द्र Candra	246.81°	Dhanu	Mūla P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala	2.16°	Meṣa	Aśvinī P1
बुध Budha	181.70°	Tulā	Citrā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati	263.46°	Dhanu	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शुक्र Śukra	115.39°	Karka	Aśleṣā P3
शनि Śani	271.20°	Makara	Uttara Āṣāḍhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	05:26 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	17:31 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:28 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	12:05 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	22:47 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	12 Hours 05 Mins 17 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	11 Hours 54 Mins 43 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	03:49 – 04:37
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	04:25 – 05:26
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:04 – 11:52
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:29 – 14:17
Godhūli Muhūrta	17:19 – 17:43
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	17:31 – 18:01
Amṛta Kāla	17:16 – 19:01
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:04 – 23:52

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	12:59 – 14:29
Yamaganda	05:26 – 06:56
Gulika Kāla	08:27 – 09:57
Varjyam	05:56 – 06:15
Dur Muhūrta	08:15 – 08:39

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)

Candra Vāsa: East

Rāhu Vāsa: North-West

Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (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):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha	05:26 – 06:56 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga	06:56 – 08:27 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg	08:27 – 09:57 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala	09:57 – 11:28 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha	11:28 – 12:59 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta	12:59 – 14:29 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla	14:29 – 16:00 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha	16:00 – 17:31 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta	17:31 – 19:00 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla	19:00 – 20:29 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha	20:29 – 21:59 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga	21:59 – 23:28 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg	23:28 – 00:57 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala	00:57 – 02:27 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha	02:27 – 03:56 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta	03:56 – 05:26 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 22.5958°

Longitude: 88.2636°

Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Bṛhaspati Walk (गुरु यात्रा)

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Mūla alignment also occurred on:

-3137-12-25 — Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5122
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1870651.27
Julian Day	2459116.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1426°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	86.52°

🪷 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 (24.1426°), declination -0.58°, EoT 8.79 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: 2020-09-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)