पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · March 4, 2040 CE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 12.6 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
ये तु सर्वाणि कर्माणि मयि संन्यस्य मत्पराः।अनन्येनैव योगेन मां ध्यायन्त उपासते।।12.6।।
"12.6 Verily, those who surrender their actions to Me, who muse on Me, worship Me and meditate on Me alone, with no thought save of Me," — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.6's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2097 Śrīmukha
Śaka Saṁvat: 1962 Raudra
Bengali Saṁvat: 1447
Malayalam Era: 1216
Nanakshahi: 571
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Viśākhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya319.66°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
चन्द्र Candra200.59°TulāViśākhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala71.14°MithunaĀrdrā P2
बुध Budha298.85°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati153.42°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
शुक्र Śukra296.61°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
शनि Śani165.35°KanyāHasta P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:56 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:43 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:49 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:18 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:28 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 46 Mins 19 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 13 Mins 41 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:22 – 05:09
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:57 – 05:56
Abhijit Muhūrta11:26 – 12:13
Vijaya Muhūrta13:47 – 14:34
Godhūli Muhūrta17:31 – 17:55
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:43 – 18:12
Amṛta Kāla17:28 – 19:13
Niśīta Muhūrta23:26 – 00:13

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:14 – 17:43
Yamaganda11:49 – 13:18
Gulika Kāla14:46 – 16:14
Varjyam06:26 – 06:44
Dur Muhūrta 08:41 – 09:05

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 Udveg05:56 – 07:25 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:25 – 08:53 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:53 – 10:21 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:21 – 11:49 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:49 – 13:18 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:18 – 14:46 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:46 – 16:14 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:14 – 17:43 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:43 – 19:14 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:14 – 20:46 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:46 – 22:18 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:18 – 23:49 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:49 – 01:21 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:21 – 02:53 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:53 – 04:25 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:25 – 05:56 (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 Ṣaṣṭhī + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Viśākhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5141
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1877752.27
Julian Day2466217.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.4142°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)241.78°
🪷 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 (24.4142°), declination -6.26°, EoT -12.45 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: 2040-03-04 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)