पञ्चाङ्ग — Siliguri, West Bengal · November 23, 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: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.38 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
विषयेन्द्रियसंयोगाद्यत्तदग्रेऽमृतोपमम्।परिणामे विषमिव तत्सुखं राजसं स्मृतम्।।18.38।।
"18.38 That which as first is like nectar, because the senses revel in their objects, but in the end acts like poison - that pleasure arises from Passion." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.38's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2068 Krodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1933 Khara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1418
Malayalam Era: 1187
Nanakshahi: 542
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Saubhāgya
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya216.36°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
चन्द्र Candra185.28°TulāCitrā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala131.55°SiṃhaMaghā P4
बुध Budha236.04°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati8.01°MeṣaAśvinī P3
शुक्र Śukra241.50°DhanuMūla P1
शनि Śani180.60°TulāCitrā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:02 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:45 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:24 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:39 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:59 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 42 Mins 32 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 17 Mins 28 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:37 – 05:19
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:09 – 06:02
Abhijit Muhūrta11:02 – 11:45
Vijaya Muhūrta13:11 – 13:53
Godhūli Muhūrta16:33 – 16:57
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:45 – 17:12
Amṛta Kāla16:30 – 18:15
Niśīta Muhūrta23:02 – 23:45

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:24 – 12:44
Yamaganda07:23 – 08:43
Gulika Kāla10:03 – 11:24
Varjyam06:29 – 06:46
Dur Muhūrta 08:32 – 08:54

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ 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 · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:02 – 07:23 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:23 – 08:43 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:43 – 10:03 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:03 – 11:24 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:24 – 12:44 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg12:44 – 14:04 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:04 – 15:25 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:25 – 16:45 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg16:45 – 18:25 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:25 – 20:04 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:04 – 21:44 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta21:44 – 23:24 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:24 – 01:03 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:03 – 02:43 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:43 – 04:23 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:23 – 06:02 (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)1867423.27 · 5112.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2455888.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0191° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)331.00° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 28/30)
🪷 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 (24.0191°) · declination -20.23° · EoT 12.85 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:2011-11-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)