पञ्चाङ्ग — Siliguri, West Bengal · December 27, 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: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.72 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
कच्चिदेतच्छ्रुतं पार्थ त्वयैकाग्रेण चेतसा।कच्चिदज्ञानसंमोहः प्रनष्टस्ते धनञ्जय।।18.72।।
"18.72 O Arjuna! Hast thou listened attentively to My words? Has thy ignorance and thy delusion gone?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.72's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2068 Krodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1933 Khara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1418
Malayalam Era: 1187
Nanakshahi: 542
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Tṛtīyā (3/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya250.89°DhanuMūla P4
चन्द्र Candra280.34°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala144.60°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
बुध Budha229.20°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati6.19°MeṣaAśvinī P2
शुक्र Śukra283.55°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
शनि Śani183.67°TulāCitrā P4

☀️ 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)08:13 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:58 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 27 Mins 53 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 32 Mins 07 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

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

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:15 – 15:33
Yamaganda09:01 – 10:19
Gulika Kāla11:38 – 12:56
Varjyam06:50 – 07:07
Dur Muhūrta 08:50 – 09:11

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
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 Roga06:24 – 07:42 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:42 – 09:01 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:01 – 10:19 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:19 – 11:38 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:38 – 12:56 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla12:56 – 14:15 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:15 – 15:33 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:33 – 16:52 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla16:52 – 18:33 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:33 – 20:15 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:15 – 21:56 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg21:56 – 23:38 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:38 – 01:19 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:19 – 03:01 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:01 – 04:42 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:42 – 06:24 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 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)1867457.27 · 5112.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2455922.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0204° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)30.47° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 3/30)
🪷 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 (24.0204°) · declination -23.35° · EoT -1.42 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:2011-12-27 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)