पञ्चाङ्ग — Siliguri, West Bengal · August 5, 2013 CE

🪷 आज: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 16.10 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga
काममाश्रित्य दुष्पूरं दम्भमानमदान्विताः।मोहाद्गृहीत्वासद्ग्राहान्प्रवर्तन्तेऽशुचिव्रताः।।16.10।।
"16.10 Giving themselves up to insatiable passions, hypocritical, self-sufficient and arrogant, cherishing false conception founded on delusion, they work only to carry out their own unholy purposes." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 16.10's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2070 Parābhava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1935 Vijaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1420
Malayalam Era: 1189
Nanakshahi: 544
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Punarvasu Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya108.76°KarkaAśleṣā P1
चन्द्र Candra87.92°MithunaPunarvasu P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala80.81°MithunaPunarvasu P1
बुध Budha90.31°KarkaPunarvasu P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati74.26°MithunaĀrdrā P3
शुक्र Śukra141.96°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
शनि Śani191.15°TulāSvātī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:03 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:21 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:42 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:30 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:08 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 18 Mins 36 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 41 Mins 24 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:16 – 04:10
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:56 – 05:03
Abhijit Muhūrta11:15 – 12:09
Vijaya Muhūrta13:55 – 14:48
Godhūli Muhūrta18:09 – 18:33
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:21 – 18:55
Amṛta Kāla18:06 – 19:51
Niśīta Muhūrta23:15 – 00:09

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla06:43 – 08:22
Yamaganda10:02 – 11:42
Gulika Kāla13:22 – 15:02
Varjyam05:36 – 05:57
Dur Muhūrta 08:09 – 08:36

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta05:03 – 06:43 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla06:43 – 08:22 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:22 – 10:02 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:02 – 11:42 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:42 – 13:22 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:22 – 15:02 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:02 – 16:42 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:42 – 18:21 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala18:21 – 19:42 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:42 – 21:02 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:02 – 22:22 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:22 – 23:42 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:42 – 01:02 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:02 – 02:22 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:22 – 03:43 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala03:43 – 05:03 (neutral)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868044.27
Julian Day2456509.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0429°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)338.54°
🪷 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 (24.0429°), declination 16.97°, EoT -5.70 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: 2013-08-05 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)