पञ्चाङ्ग — Siliguri, West Bengal · May 22, 2014 CE

🪷 आज: वृषभ सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛṣabha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Taurus.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 4.8 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
परित्राणाय साधूनां विनाशाय च दुष्कृताम्।

धर्मसंस्थापनार्थाय संभवामि युगे युगे।।4.8।।
"4.8 To protect the righteous, to destroy the wicked and to establish the kingdom of God, I am reborn from age to age." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Jyeṣṭha (Jyeṣṭha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1421
Malayalam Era: 1190
Nanakshahi: 545
Solar Month: Vṛṣabha (Vaikāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya36.84°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4
चन्द्र Candra313.35°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala164.73°KanyāHasta P2
बुध Budha58.99°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati83.75°MithunaPunarvasu P2
शुक्र Śukra357.57°MīnaRevatī P4
शनि Śani204.89°TulāViśākhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:46 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:20 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:33 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)00:14 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:44 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 34 Mins 09 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 25 Mins 51 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:57 – 03:52
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:38 – 04:46
Abhijit Muhūrta11:06 – 12:00
Vijaya Muhūrta13:49 – 14:43
Godhūli Muhūrta18:08 – 18:32
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:20 – 18:54
Amṛta Kāla18:05 – 19:50
Niśīta Muhūrta23:06 – 00:00

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:15 – 14:56
Yamaganda04:46 – 06:28
Gulika Kāla08:09 – 09:51
Varjyam05:20 – 05:42
Dur Muhūrta 07:56 – 08:23

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Maitra (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (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 · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha04:46 – 06:28 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga06:28 – 08:09 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:09 – 09:51 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala09:51 – 11:33 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:33 – 13:15 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:15 – 14:56 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:56 – 16:38 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:38 – 18:20 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:20 – 19:38 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:38 – 20:56 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:56 – 22:15 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:15 – 23:33 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:33 – 00:51 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala00:51 – 02:09 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:09 – 03:28 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta03:28 – 04:46 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Śatabhiṣā alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868334.27
Julian Day2456799.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0540°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)275.27°
🪷 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 (24.0540°), declination 20.34°, EoT 3.47 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: 2014-05-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)