पञ्चाङ्ग — Siliguri, West Bengal · December 28, 3138 BCE

🪷 आज: आमलकी एकादशी — Āmalakī Ekādaśī
Worship of Āmalakī (Indian gooseberry, sacred to Viṣṇu).

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 12.15 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
यस्मान्नोद्विजते लोको लोकान्नोद्विजते च यः।हर्षामर्षभयोद्वेगैर्मुक्तो यः स च मे प्रियः।।12.15।।
"12.15 He who does not harm the world, and whom the world cannot harm, who is not carried away by any impulse of joy, anger or fear, such a one is My beloved." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.15's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: -3080
Śaka Saṁvat: -3215
Bengali Saṁvat: -3730
Malayalam Era: -3961
Nanakshahi: -4606
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ekādaśī (11/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Prīti
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya310.99°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
चन्द्र Candra72.50°MithunaĀrdrā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala101.70°KarkaPuṣya P3
बुध Budha324.36°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati6.62°MeṣaAśvinī P2
शुक्र Śukra312.53°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
शनि Śani285.92°MakaraŚravaṇa P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:24 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:52 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:38 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:22 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:06 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 28 Mins 19 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 31 Mins 41 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:00 – 05:42
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:32 – 06:24
Abhijit Muhūrta11:17 – 11:59
Vijaya Muhūrta13:23 – 14:05
Godhūli Muhūrta16:40 – 17:04
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:52 – 17:19
Amṛta Kāla16:37 – 18:22
Niśīta Muhūrta23:17 – 23:59

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:34 – 16:52
Yamaganda11:38 – 12:57
Gulika Kāla14:15 – 15:34
Varjyam06:50 – 07:07
Dur Muhūrta 08:51 – 09:12

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:24 – 07:43 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:43 – 09:01 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:01 – 10:20 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:20 – 11:38 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:38 – 12:57 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha12:57 – 14:15 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:15 – 15:34 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:34 – 16:52 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha16:52 – 18:34 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:34 – 20:15 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:15 – 21:57 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala21:57 – 23:38 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:38 – 01:20 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:20 – 03:01 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:01 – 04:43 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:43 – 06:24 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 26.7271°
Longitude: 88.3953°
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 Time

Kali Year-35
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)-12835.73
Julian Day575629.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)-47.8937°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)121.51°
🪷 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 (-47.8937°), declination -23.26°, EoT -1.89 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: -3137-12-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)