पञ्चाङ्ग — Siliguri, West Bengal · May 5, 2014 CE

🪷 आज: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.34 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
इन्द्रियस्येन्द्रियस्यार्थे रागद्वेषौ व्यवस्थितौ।

तयोर्न वशमागच्छेत्तौ ह्यस्य परिपन्थिनौ।।3.34।।
"3.34 The love and hate which are aroused by the objects of sense arise from Nature; do not yield to them. They only obstruct the path." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.34's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1421
Malayalam Era: 1190
Nanakshahi: 545
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Punarvasu Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya20.43°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
चन्द्र Candra87.54°MithunaPunarvasu P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala166.18°KanyāHasta P2
बुध Budha30.48°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati80.85°MithunaPunarvasu P1
शुक्र Śukra338.03°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
शनि Śani206.16°TulāViśākhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:56 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:11 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:33 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:12 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:51 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 15 Mins 05 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 44 Mins 55 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:10 – 04:03
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:49 – 04:56
Abhijit Muhūrta11:07 – 12:00
Vijaya Muhūrta13:46 – 14:39
Godhūli Muhūrta17:59 – 18:23
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:11 – 18:44
Amṛta Kāla17:56 – 19:41
Niśīta Muhūrta23:07 – 00:00

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla06:35 – 08:14
Yamaganda09:54 – 11:33
Gulika Kāla13:12 – 14:52
Varjyam05:29 – 05:50
Dur Muhūrta 08:01 – 08:28

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (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 · 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 Amṛta04:56 – 06:35 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla06:35 – 08:14 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:14 – 09:54 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga09:54 – 11:33 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:33 – 13:12 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:12 – 14:52 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:52 – 16:31 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:31 – 18:11 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala18:11 – 19:31 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:31 – 20:52 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:52 – 22:12 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:12 – 23:33 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:33 – 00:54 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga00:54 – 02:14 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:14 – 03:35 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala03:35 – 04:56 (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 Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868317.27
Julian Day2456782.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0533°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)68.78°
🪷 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 (24.0533°), declination 16.18°, EoT 3.35 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: 2014-05-05 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)