पञ्चाङ्ग — Siliguri, West Bengal · May 24, 2008 CE

🕉️ Sapta-Mokṣa-Puri · Localize for your Pīṭha
अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: सङ्कष्टी चतुर्थी — Saṅkaṣṭī Caturthī
Monthly Gaṇeśa vrata.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.37 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
हतो वा प्राप्स्यसि स्वर्गं जित्वा वा भोक्ष्यसे महीम्।

तस्मादुत्तिष्ठ कौन्तेय युद्धाय कृतनिश्चयः।।2.37।।
"2.37 If killed, thou shalt attain Heaven; if victorious, enjoy the kingdom of earth. Therefore arise, O Son of Kunti, and fight!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.37's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Jyeṣṭha (Jyeṣṭha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2065 Plava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1930 Sarvadhāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1415
Malayalam Era: 1184
Nanakshahi: 539
Solar Month: Vṛṣabha (Vaikāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya39.28°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4
चन्द्र Candra262.57°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala103.67°KarkaPuṣya P4
बुध Budha57.37°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati268.69°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra34.82°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
शनि Śani127.89°SiṃhaMaghā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:45 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:21 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:33 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:11 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)07:41 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 36 Mins 23 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 23 Mins 37 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:56 – 03:50
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:37 – 04:45
Abhijit Muhūrta11:06 – 12:00
Vijaya Muhūrta13:49 – 14:44
Godhūli Muhūrta18:09 – 18:33
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:21 – 18:55
Amṛta Kāla18:06 – 19:51
Niśīta Muhūrta23:06 – 00:00

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:09 – 09:51
Yamaganda13:15 – 14:57
Gulika Kāla04:45 – 06:27
Varjyam05:19 – 05:41
Dur Muhūrta 07:55 – 08:23

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla04:45 – 06:27 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha06:27 – 08:09 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:09 – 09:51 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg09:51 – 11:33 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:33 – 13:15 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:15 – 14:57 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:57 – 16:39 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:39 – 18:21 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:21 – 19:39 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:39 – 20:57 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:57 – 22:15 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:15 – 23:33 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:33 – 00:51 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg00:51 – 02:09 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:09 – 03:27 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha03:27 – 04:45 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 26.7271°
Longitude: 88.3953°
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 Time — Where This Moment Sits in the Mahāyuga

These five values anchor today within the Sūrya-Siddhānta time-architecture. Kali Year counts from the Kali-epoch (18 Feb 3102 BCE · midnight Ujjain · when Krishna's mortal-form departed). Ahargaṇa is the day-count since that epoch — the canonical time-coordinate used by every Vedic computation on this substrate. Julian Day is the astronomical universal day-number (continuous · no calendar discontinuities). Ayanāṁśa is the angular offset between sidereal (rāśi-based · the Vedic frame) and tropical (equinox-based) coordinates · currently growing at ~50.29″/year as Earth's axis precesses. Sun-Moon angle determines the tithi (0-360° elongation / 12° per tithi).

Kali Year5110 · Kali-5110
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866145.27 · 5109.3 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2454610.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9703° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)226.73° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 19/30)
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate:Vidhyamitra Sūrya-SiddhāntaMethod:Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equationTier-2 localization:spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanāṁśa (23.9703°) · declination 20.80° · EoT 3.31 min · city civil-time localizationLineage:Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Maitreya → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara I → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Jyeṣṭhadeva → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrateAccess:Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed (the bhakta's sole niṣkāma-karma-sevā)Computed for:2008-05-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)