पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · December 11, 2021 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.7 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
यस्त्विन्द्रियाणि मनसा नियम्यारभतेऽर्जुन।

कर्मेन्द्रियैः कर्मयोगमसक्तः स विशिष्यते।।3.7।।
"3.7 But, O Arjuna! All honour to him whose mind controls his senses, for he is thereby beginning to practise Karma-Yoga, the Path of Right Action, keeping himself always unattached." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.7's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2078 Ānanda
Śaka Saṁvat: 1943 Plava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1428
Malayalam Era: 1197
Nanakshahi: 552
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Bhādrapadā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya235.05°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
चन्द्र Candra324.76°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala213.89°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
बुध Budha241.31°DhanuMūla P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati302.67°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
शुक्र Śukra270.68°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani285.70°MakaraŚravaṇa P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:08 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:54 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:31 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:35 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:25 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 46 Mins 34 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 13 Mins 26 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:41 – 05:25
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:14 – 06:08
Abhijit Muhūrta11:09 – 11:53
Vijaya Muhūrta13:19 – 14:02
Godhūli Muhūrta16:42 – 17:06
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:54 – 17:21
Amṛta Kāla16:39 – 18:24
Niśīta Muhūrta23:09 – 23:53

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:49 – 10:10
Yamaganda12:52 – 14:13
Gulika Kāla06:08 – 07:28
Varjyam06:35 – 06:52
Dur Muhūrta 08:39 – 09:00

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (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 · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:08 – 07:28 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:28 – 08:49 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:49 – 10:10 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:10 – 11:31 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:31 – 12:52 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha12:52 – 14:13 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:13 – 15:33 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla15:33 – 16:54 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha16:54 – 18:33 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta18:33 – 20:13 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:13 – 21:52 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha21:52 – 23:31 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:31 – 01:10 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:10 – 02:49 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:49 – 04:28 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:28 – 06:08 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Pūrva Bhādrapadā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5123
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871094.27
Julian Day2459559.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1595°
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 (24.1595°), declination -23.00°, EoT 5.99 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: 2021-12-11 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)