पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · August 12, 2041 CE

🪷 आज: रक्षा बन्धन — Rakṣā Bandhana / Śrāvaṇa Pūrṇimā
Sister-brother bond; Brāhmaṇa Upākarma.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 7.20 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
कामैस्तैस्तैर्हृतज्ञानाः प्रपद्यन्तेऽन्यदेवताः।

तं तं नियममास्थाय प्रकृत्या नियताः स्वया।।7.20।।
"7.20 They in whom wisdom is obscured by one desire or the other, worship the lesser Powers, practising many rites which vary according to their temperaments." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2098 Bhāva
Śaka Saṁvat: 1963 Durmati
Bengali Saṁvat: 1448
Malayalam Era: 1217
Nanakshahi: 572
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Saubhāgya
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya115.30°KarkaAśleṣā P3
चन्द्र Candra294.57°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala59.86°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P2
बुध Budha129.25°SiṃhaMaghā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati181.32°TulāCitrā P3
शुक्र Śukra79.96°MithunaĀrdrā P4
शनि Śani174.68°KanyāCitrā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:13 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:11 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:42 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:02 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:16 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 58 Mins 22 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 01 Mins 38 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:29 – 04:21
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:08 – 05:13
Abhijit Muhūrta11:16 – 12:08
Vijaya Muhūrta13:51 – 14:43
Godhūli Muhūrta17:59 – 18:23
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:11 – 18:43
Amṛta Kāla17:56 – 19:41
Niśīta Muhūrta23:16 – 00:08

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla06:50 – 08:27
Yamaganda10:04 – 11:42
Gulika Kāla13:19 – 14:56
Varjyam05:45 – 06:06
Dur Muhūrta 08:14 – 08:40

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta05:13 – 06:50 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla06:50 – 08:27 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:27 – 10:04 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:04 – 11:42 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:42 – 13:19 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:19 – 14:56 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:56 – 16:34 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:34 – 18:11 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala18:11 – 19:34 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:34 – 20:56 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:56 – 22:19 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:19 – 23:42 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:42 – 01:04 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:04 – 02:27 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:27 – 03:50 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala03:50 – 05:13 (neutral)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Śravaṇa alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5143
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1878278.27
Julian Day2466743.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.4343°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)178.56°
🪷 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 (24.4343°), declination 14.90°, EoT -4.74 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: 2041-08-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)