पञ्चाङ्ग — Siliguri, West Bengal · May 12, 2013 CE

🪷 आज: अक्षय तृतीया — Akṣaya Tṛtīyā
"Inexhaustible third"; auspicious for any new venture.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 13.7 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
इच्छा द्वेषः सुखं दुःखं सङ्घातश्चेतनाधृतिः।एतत्क्षेत्रं समासेन सविकारमुदाहृतम्।।13.7।।
"13.7 Desire, aversion, pleasure, pain, sympathy, vitality and the persistent clinging to life, these are in brief the constituents of changing Matter." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.7's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla 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)Śukla Tṛtīyā (3/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Rohiṇī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya27.45°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
चन्द्र Candra49.67°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala21.75°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
बुध Budha27.34°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati55.32°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P1
शुक्र Śukra38.77°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4
शनि Śani192.91°TulāSvātī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:51 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:15 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:33 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:11 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:52 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 23 Mins 54 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 36 Mins 06 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:04 – 03:57
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:44 – 04:51
Abhijit Muhūrta11:06 – 11:59
Vijaya Muhūrta13:47 – 14:40
Godhūli Muhūrta18:03 – 18:27
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:15 – 18:48
Amṛta Kāla18:00 – 19:45
Niśīta Muhūrta23:06 – 23:59

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:34 – 18:15
Yamaganda11:33 – 13:13
Gulika Kāla14:54 – 16:34
Varjyam05:24 – 05:46
Dur Muhūrta 07:58 – 08:25

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Prajāpati (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):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg04:51 – 06:31 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:31 – 08:12 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:12 – 09:52 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta09:52 – 11:33 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:33 – 13:13 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:13 – 14:54 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:54 – 16:34 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:34 – 18:15 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:15 – 19:34 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:34 – 20:54 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:54 – 22:13 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:13 – 23:33 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:33 – 00:52 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta00:52 – 02:12 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:12 – 03:31 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:31 – 04:51 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Tṛtīyā + Rohiṇī alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Rohiṇī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867959.27
Julian Day2456424.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0396°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)25.14°
🪷 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 (24.0396°), declination 18.13°, EoT 3.74 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: 2013-05-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)