पञ्चाङ्ग — Siliguri, West Bengal · August 6, 2014 CE

🪷 आज: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.13 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
समं कायशिरोग्रीवं धारयन्नचलं स्थिरः।

संप्रेक्ष्य नासिकाग्रं स्वं दिशश्चानवलोकयन्।।6.13।।
"6.13 Let him hold body, head and neck erect, motionless and steady; let him look fixedly at the tip of his nose, turning neither to the right nor to the left." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.13's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1421
Malayalam Era: 1190
Nanakshahi: 545
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Jyeṣṭhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya109.47°KarkaAśleṣā P1
चन्द्र Candra224.35°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala191.68°TulāSvātī P2
बुध Budha106.35°KarkaPuṣya P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati99.80°KarkaPuṣya P2
शुक्र Śukra88.12°MithunaPunarvasu P3
शनि Śani202.56°TulāViśākhā P1

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)14:05 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:38 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 17 Mins 40 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 42 Mins 20 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:17 – 04:10
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:57 – 05:03
Abhijit Muhūrta11:15 – 12:09
Vijaya Muhūrta13:55 – 14:48
Godhūli Muhūrta18:09 – 18:33
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:21 – 18:54
Amṛta Kāla18:06 – 19:51
Niśīta Muhūrta23:15 – 00:09

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:42 – 13:22
Yamaganda06:43 – 08:23
Gulika Kāla10:02 – 11:42
Varjyam05:36 – 05:58
Dur Muhūrta 08:09 – 08:36

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (Inauspicious)
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 · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha05:03 – 06:43 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta06:43 – 08:23 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:23 – 10:02 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:02 – 11:42 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:42 – 13:22 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:22 – 15:01 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:01 – 16:41 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:41 – 18:21 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:21 – 19:41 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:41 – 21:01 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:01 – 22:22 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:22 – 23:42 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:42 – 01:02 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:02 – 02:23 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:23 – 03:43 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg03:43 – 05:03 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Daśamī + Jyeṣṭhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Jyeṣṭhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868410.27
Julian Day2456875.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0569°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)118.09°
🪷 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 (24.0569°), declination 16.76°, EoT -5.59 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: 2014-08-06 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)