पञ्चाङ्ग — Siliguri, West Bengal · August 8, 2013 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: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 16.13 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga
इदमद्य मया लब्धमिमं प्राप्स्ये मनोरथम्।इदमस्तीदमपि मे भविष्यति पुनर्धनम्।।16.13।।
"16.13 This I have gained today; tomorrow I will gratify another desire; this wealth is mine now, the rest shall be mine ere long;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 16.13's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla 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 (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvitīyā (2/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya111.63°KarkaAśleṣā P2
चन्द्र Candra124.42°SiṃhaMaghā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala82.79°MithunaPunarvasu P1
बुध Budha94.99°KarkaPuṣya P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati74.88°MithunaĀrdrā P3
शुक्र Śukra145.54°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
शनि Śani191.29°TulāSvātī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:04 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:19 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:42 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:06 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:00 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 14 Mins 52 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 45 Mins 08 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:18 – 04:11
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:58 – 05:04
Abhijit Muhūrta11:15 – 12:08
Vijaya Muhūrta13:54 – 14:47
Godhūli Muhūrta18:07 – 18:31
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:19 – 18:52
Amṛta Kāla18:04 – 19:49
Niśīta Muhūrta23:15 – 00:08

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:21 – 15:00
Yamaganda05:04 – 06:44
Gulika Kāla08:23 – 10:02
Varjyam05:37 – 05:59
Dur Muhūrta 08:10 – 08:36

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (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):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:04 – 06:44 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga06:44 – 08:23 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:23 – 10:02 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:02 – 11:42 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:42 – 13:21 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:21 – 15:00 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:00 – 16:40 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:40 – 18:19 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:19 – 19:40 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:40 – 21:00 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:00 – 22:21 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:21 – 23:42 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:42 – 01:02 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:02 – 02:23 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:23 – 03:44 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta03:44 – 05:04 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 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 Year5115 · Kali-5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868047.27 · 5114.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2456512.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0430° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)13.71° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 2/30)
🪷 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 (24.0430°) · declination 16.14° · EoT -5.35 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:2013-08-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)