पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · December 4, 2020 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.41 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
सखेति मत्वा प्रसभं यदुक्तं

हे कृष्ण हे यादव हे सखेति।

अजानता महिमानं तवेदं

मया प्रमादात्प्रणयेन वापि।।11.41।।
"11.41 Whatever I have said unto Thee in rashness, taking Thee only for a friend and addressing Thee as O Krishna! O Yadava! O Friend!' in thoughtless familiarity, no understanding Thy greatness;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.41's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2077 Pramādī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1942 Śārvarī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1427
Malayalam Era: 1196
Nanakshahi: 551
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Punarvasu Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya228.20°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
चन्द्र Candra89.54°MithunaPunarvasu P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala353.27°MīnaRevatī P2
बुध Budha218.95°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati272.61°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शुक्र Śukra201.06°TulāViśākhā P1
शनि Śani274.54°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:03 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:53 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:28 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:33 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:54 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 49 Mins 24 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 10 Mins 36 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:37 – 05:20
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:09 – 06:03
Abhijit Muhūrta11:06 – 11:50
Vijaya Muhūrta13:16 – 14:00
Godhūli Muhūrta16:41 – 17:05
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:53 – 17:20
Amṛta Kāla16:38 – 18:23
Niśīta Muhūrta23:06 – 23:50

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:07 – 11:28
Yamaganda14:10 – 15:32
Gulika Kāla07:24 – 08:46
Varjyam06:30 – 06:48
Dur Muhūrta 08:35 – 08:56

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:03 – 07:24 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:24 – 08:46 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:46 – 10:07 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:07 – 11:28 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:28 – 12:49 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga12:49 – 14:10 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:10 – 15:32 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala15:32 – 16:53 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga16:53 – 18:32 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg18:32 – 20:10 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:10 – 21:49 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha21:49 – 23:28 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:28 – 01:07 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:07 – 02:46 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:46 – 04:24 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:24 – 06:03 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Caturthī + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5122
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870722.27
Julian Day2459187.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1453°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)223.57°
🪷 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 (24.1453°), declination -22.27°, EoT 8.96 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: 2020-12-04 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)