पञ्चाङ्ग — Siliguri, West Bengal · August 24, 2011 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: सिंह सङ्क्रान्ति — Siṁha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Leo.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 15.19 · Chapter 15 · पुरुषोत्तमयोग · Puruṣottama-Yoga
यो मामेवमसम्मूढो जानाति पुरुषोत्तमम्।स सर्वविद्भजति मां सर्वभावेन भारत।।15.19।।
"15.19 He who with unclouded vision sees Me as the Lord-God, knows all there is to be known, and always shall worship Me with his whole heart." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 15.19's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2068 Krodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1933 Khara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1418
Malayalam Era: 1187
Nanakshahi: 542
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Daśamī (25/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya126.54°SiṃhaMaghā P2
चन्द्र Candra60.93°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala79.37°MithunaĀrdrā P4
बुध Budha115.06°KarkaAśleṣā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati16.17°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
शुक्र Śukra128.47°SiṃhaMaghā P3
शनि Śani170.09°KanyāHasta P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:12 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:05 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:38 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)00:23 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:09 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 53 Mins 45 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 06 Mins 15 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:28 – 04:20
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:07 – 05:12
Abhijit Muhūrta11:13 – 12:04
Vijaya Muhūrta13:47 – 14:39
Godhūli Muhūrta17:53 – 18:17
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:05 – 18:38
Amṛta Kāla17:50 – 19:35
Niśīta Muhūrta23:13 – 00:04

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:38 – 13:15
Yamaganda06:48 – 08:25
Gulika Kāla10:02 – 11:38
Varjyam05:44 – 06:04
Dur Muhūrta 08:12 – 08:38

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

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

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha05:12 – 06:48 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta06:48 – 08:25 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:25 – 10:02 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:02 – 11:38 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:38 – 13:15 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:15 – 14:52 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:52 – 16:29 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:29 – 18:05 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:05 – 19:29 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:29 – 20:52 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:52 – 22:15 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:15 – 23:38 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:38 – 01:02 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:02 – 02:25 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:25 – 03:48 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg03:48 – 05:12 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 26.7271°
Longitude: 88.3953°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 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 Year5113 · Kali-5113
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867332.27 · 5112.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2455797.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0157° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)296.48° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 25/30)
🪷 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 (24.0157°) · declination 11.28° · EoT -1.99 min · verified ±1 min vs DrikpanchangLineage: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:2011-08-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)