पञ्चाङ्ग — Siliguri, West Bengal · November 1, 2014 CE

🪷 आज: अक्षय नवमी — Akṣaya Navamī (Āmlā Navamī)
Worship of Āmlā tree; equivalent merit to Akṣaya Tṛtīyā.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.23 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
यत्र काले त्वनावृत्तिमावृत्तिं चैव योगिनः।

प्रयाता यान्ति तं कालं वक्ष्यामि भरतर्षभ।।8.23।।
"8.23 *Now I will tell thee, O Arjuna, of the times at which, if the mystics go forth, they do not return, and at which they go forth only to return." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.23's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1421
Malayalam Era: 1190
Nanakshahi: 545
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Gaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya194.47°TulāSvātī P3
चन्द्र Candra296.68°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala249.89°DhanuMūla P3
बुध Budha175.72°KanyāCitrā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati115.61°KarkaAśleṣā P3
शुक्र Śukra195.99°TulāSvātī P3
शनि Śani209.57°TulāViśākhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:46 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:54 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:20 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:36 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:41 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 08 Mins 34 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 51 Mins 26 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:17 – 05:01
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:50 – 05:46
Abhijit Muhūrta10:58 – 11:42
Vijaya Muhūrta13:11 – 13:56
Godhūli Muhūrta16:42 – 17:06
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:54 – 17:22
Amṛta Kāla16:39 – 18:24
Niśīta Muhūrta22:58 – 23:42

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:33 – 09:56
Yamaganda12:44 – 14:07
Gulika Kāla05:46 – 07:09
Varjyam06:14 – 06:31
Dur Muhūrta 08:22 – 08:44

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:46 – 07:09 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:09 – 08:33 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:33 – 09:56 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg09:56 – 11:20 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:20 – 12:44 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha12:44 – 14:07 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:07 – 15:31 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla15:31 – 16:54 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha16:54 – 18:31 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta18:31 – 20:07 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:07 – 21:44 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha21:44 – 23:20 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:20 – 00:56 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg00:56 – 02:33 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:33 – 04:09 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:09 – 05:46 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Navamī + Dhaniṣṭhā alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Śukla Navamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868497.27
Julian Day2456962.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0602°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)103.50°
🪷 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 (24.0602°), declination -14.35°, EoT 16.44 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: 2014-11-01 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)