पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · March 12, 2023 CE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 16.11 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga
चिन्तामपरिमेयां च प्रलयान्तामुपाश्रिताः।कामोपभोगपरमा एतावदिति निश्िचताः।।16.11।।
"16.11 Poring anxiously over evil resolutions, which only end in death; seeking only the gratification of desire as the highest goal; seeing nothing beyond;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 16.11's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2080 Nala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1945 Śobhana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1430
Malayalam Era: 1199
Nanakshahi: 554
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pañcamī (20/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Viśākhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya327.02°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
चन्द्र Candra199.14°TulāSvātī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala59.29°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P2
बुध Budha321.67°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati350.24°MīnaRevatī P2
शुक्र Śukra359.58°MīnaRevatī P4
शनि Śani306.43°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:50 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:45 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:47 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:40 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:51 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 55 Mins 36 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 04 Mins 24 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:14 – 05:02
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:50 – 05:50
Abhijit Muhūrta11:24 – 12:11
Vijaya Muhūrta13:47 – 14:34
Godhūli Muhūrta17:33 – 17:57
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:45 – 18:15
Amṛta Kāla17:30 – 19:15
Niśīta Muhūrta23:24 – 00:11

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:16 – 17:45
Yamaganda11:47 – 13:17
Gulika Kāla14:46 – 16:16
Varjyam06:19 – 06:39
Dur Muhūrta 08:37 – 09:00

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (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 · 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 · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:50 – 07:19 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:19 – 08:49 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:49 – 10:18 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:18 – 11:47 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:47 – 13:17 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:17 – 14:46 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:46 – 16:16 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:16 – 17:45 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:45 – 19:16 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:16 – 20:46 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:46 – 22:17 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:17 – 23:47 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:47 – 01:18 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:18 – 02:49 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:49 – 04:19 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:19 – 05:50 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Pañcamī + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Viśākhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5124
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871550.27
Julian Day2460015.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1770°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)234.30°
🪷 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 (24.1770°), declination -3.49°, EoT -10.49 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: 2023-03-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)