पञ्चाङ्ग — Siliguri, West Bengal · September 2, 2012 CE

🪷 आज: सिंह सङ्क्रान्ति — Siṁha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Leo.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.11 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
शुचौ देशे प्रतिष्ठाप्य स्थिरमासनमात्मनः।

नात्युच्छ्रितं नातिनीचं चैलाजिनकुशोत्तरम्।।6.11।।
"6.11 Having chosen a holy place, let him sit in a firm posture on a seat, neither too high nor too low, and covered with a grass mat, a deer skin and a cloth." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.11's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2069 Viśvāvasu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1934 Nandana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1419
Malayalam Era: 1188
Nanakshahi: 543
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā (17/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya135.95°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
चन्द्र Candra333.47°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala191.89°TulāSvātī P2
बुध Budha127.65°SiṃhaMaghā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati50.35°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
शुक्र Śukra90.87°KarkaPunarvasu P4
शनि Śani182.05°TulāCitrā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:16 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:55 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:36 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:45 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:46 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 39 Mins 18 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 20 Mins 42 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:35 – 04:25
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:13 – 05:16
Abhijit Muhūrta11:10 – 12:01
Vijaya Muhūrta13:42 – 14:33
Godhūli Muhūrta17:43 – 18:07
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:55 – 18:27
Amṛta Kāla17:40 – 19:25
Niśīta Muhūrta23:10 – 00:01

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:20 – 17:55
Yamaganda11:36 – 13:11
Gulika Kāla14:45 – 16:20
Varjyam05:48 – 06:08
Dur Muhūrta 08:13 – 08:38

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (Auspicious)
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 · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:16 – 06:51 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:51 – 08:26 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:26 – 10:01 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:01 – 11:36 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:36 – 13:11 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:11 – 14:45 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:45 – 16:20 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:20 – 17:55 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:55 – 19:20 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:20 – 20:45 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:45 – 22:11 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:11 – 23:36 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:36 – 01:01 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:01 – 02:26 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:26 – 03:51 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:51 – 05:16 (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 Year5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867707.27
Julian Day2456172.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0300°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)199.68°
🪷 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 (24.0300°), declination 7.83°, EoT 0.81 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: 2012-09-02 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)