पञ्चाङ्ग — Siliguri, West Bengal · January 2, 2014 CE

🪷 आज: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.30 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
गाण्डीवं स्रंसते हस्तात्त्वक्चैव परिदह्यते।

न च शक्नोम्यवस्थातुं भ्रमतीव च मे मनः।।1.30।।
"1.30 The bow Gandeeva slips from my hand, and my skin burns. I cannot keep quiet, for my mind is in tumult." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.30's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1421
Malayalam Era: 1190
Nanakshahi: 545
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya257.50°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra265.76°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala167.83°KanyāHasta P3
बुध Budha259.57°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati81.28°MithunaPunarvasu P1
शुक्र Śukra272.17°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani206.14°TulāViśākhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:26 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:55 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:41 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:58 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:30 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 29 Mins 52 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 30 Mins 08 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:02 – 05:44
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:33 – 06:26
Abhijit Muhūrta11:20 – 12:02
Vijaya Muhūrta13:26 – 14:08
Godhūli Muhūrta16:43 – 17:07
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:55 – 17:22
Amṛta Kāla16:40 – 18:25
Niśīta Muhūrta23:20 – 00:02

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:59 – 14:18
Yamaganda06:26 – 07:44
Gulika Kāla09:03 – 10:22
Varjyam06:52 – 07:09
Dur Muhūrta 08:53 – 09:14

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:26 – 07:44 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:44 – 09:03 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:03 – 10:22 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:22 – 11:41 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:41 – 12:59 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta12:59 – 14:18 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:18 – 15:37 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha15:37 – 16:55 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta16:55 – 18:37 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla18:37 – 20:18 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:18 – 21:59 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga21:59 – 23:41 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:41 – 01:22 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:22 – 03:03 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:03 – 04:44 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:44 – 06:26 (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

Kali Year5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868194.27
Julian Day2456659.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0486°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)7.04°
🪷 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 (24.0486°), declination -22.93°, EoT -4.15 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: 2014-01-02 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)