पञ्चाङ्ग — Siliguri, West Bengal · May 3, 2013 CE

Also observed today

वैशाखी · Baisakhi (Vaiśākhī)Regional

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 12.18 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga

समः शत्रौ च मित्रे च तथा मानापमानयोः।शीतोष्णसुखदुःखेषु समः सङ्गविवर्जितः।।12.18।।

"12.18 He to whom friend and foe are alike, who welcomes equally honour and dishonour, heat and cold, pleasure and pain, who is enamoured of nothing," — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 12.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2070 Parābhava

Śaka Saṁvat: 1935 Vijaya

Bengali Saṁvat: 1420

Malayalam Era: 1189

Nanakshahi: 544

Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)

Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)	Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)	Kaulava
वार (Vāra)	Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	18.74°	Meṣa	Bharaṇī P2
चन्द्र Candra	296.01°	Makara	Dhaniṣṭhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala	15.13°	Meṣa	Bharaṇī P1
बुध Budha	8.37°	Meṣa	Aśvinī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati	53.41°	Vṛṣabha	Mr̥gaśirā P1
शुक्र Śukra	27.70°	Meṣa	Kṛttikā P1
शनि Śani	193.58°	Tulā	Svātī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	04:57 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	18:10 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:33 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	00:30 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	11:34 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	13 Hours 12 Mins 49 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	10 Hours 47 Mins 11 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	03:11 – 04:04
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	03:51 – 04:57
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:07 – 12:00
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:45 – 14:38
Godhūli Muhūrta	17:58 – 18:22
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	18:10 – 18:43
Amṛta Kāla	17:55 – 19:40
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:07 – 00:00

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	09:54 – 11:33
Yamaganda	14:51 – 16:31
Gulika Kāla	06:36 – 08:15
Varjyam	05:30 – 05:51
Dur Muhūrta	08:02 – 08:28

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)

Candra Vāsa: South-East

Rāhu Vāsa: South-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)

Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

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):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala	04:57 – 06:36 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha	06:36 – 08:15 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta	08:15 – 09:54 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla	09:54 – 11:33 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha	11:33 – 13:12 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga	13:12 – 14:51 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg	14:51 – 16:31 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala	16:31 – 18:10 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga	18:10 – 19:31 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg	19:31 – 20:51 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala	20:51 – 22:12 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha	22:12 – 23:33 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta	23:33 – 00:54 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla	00:54 – 02:15 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha	02:15 – 03:36 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga	03:36 – 04:57 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 26.7271°

Longitude: 88.3953°

Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Śukra Walk (शुक्र यात्रा)

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Dhaniṣṭhā alignment also occurred on:

-3226-07-09 — Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1867950.27
Julian Day	2456415.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.0393°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	274.96°

🪷 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 (24.0393°), declination 15.67°, EoT 3.15 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: 2013-05-03 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)