पञ्चाङ्ग — Siliguri, West Bengal · May 17, 2015 CE

🕉️ Sapta-Mokṣa-Puri · Localize for your Pīṭha
अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: वृषभ सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛṣabha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Taurus.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 14.6 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
तत्र सत्त्वं निर्मलत्वात्प्रकाशकमनामयम्।सुखसङ्गेन बध्नाति ज्ञानसङ्गेन चानघ।।14.6।।
"14.6 O Sinless One! Of these, Purity, being luminous, strong and invulnerable, binds one by its yearning for happiness and illumination." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.6's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Jyeṣṭha (Jyeṣṭha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2072 Kīlaka
Śaka Saṁvat: 1937 Manmatha
Bengali Saṁvat: 1422
Malayalam Era: 1191
Nanakshahi: 546
Solar Month: Vṛṣabha (Vaikāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Saubhāgya
करण (Karaṇa)Śakuni
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya31.78°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P2
चन्द्र Candra16.79°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala39.17°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4
बुध Budha48.90°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati109.93°KarkaAśleṣā P1
शुक्र Śukra75.65°MithunaĀrdrā P3
शनि Śani217.80°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:48 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:17 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:33 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:59 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:07 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 28 Mins 55 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 31 Mins 05 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:00 – 03:54
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:41 – 04:48
Abhijit Muhūrta11:06 – 12:00
Vijaya Muhūrta13:48 – 14:41
Godhūli Muhūrta18:05 – 18:29
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:17 – 18:51
Amṛta Kāla18:02 – 19:47
Niśīta Muhūrta23:06 – 00:00

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:36 – 18:17
Yamaganda11:33 – 13:14
Gulika Kāla14:55 – 16:36
Varjyam05:22 – 05:44
Dur Muhūrta 07:57 – 08:24

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ 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):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg04:48 – 06:29 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:29 – 08:10 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:10 – 09:52 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta09:52 – 11:33 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:33 – 13:14 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:14 – 14:55 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:55 – 16:36 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:36 – 18:17 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:17 – 19:36 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:36 – 20:55 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:55 – 22:14 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:14 – 23:33 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:33 – 00:52 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta00:52 – 02:10 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:10 – 03:29 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:29 – 04:48 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 Cosmic Time — Where This Moment Sits in the Mahāyuga

These five values anchor today within the Sūrya-Siddhānta time-architecture. Kali Year counts from the Kali-epoch (18 Feb 3102 BCE · midnight Ujjain · when Krishna's mortal-form departed). Ahargaṇa is the day-count since that epoch — the canonical time-coordinate used by every Vedic computation on this substrate. Julian Day is the astronomical universal day-number (continuous · no calendar discontinuities). Ayanāṁśa is the angular offset between sidereal (rāśi-based · the Vedic frame) and tropical (equinox-based) coordinates · currently growing at ~50.29″/year as Earth's axis precesses. Sun-Moon angle determines the tithi (0-360° elongation / 12° per tithi).

Kali Year5117 · Kali-5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868694.27 · 5116.3 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457159.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0677° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)346.90° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 29/30)
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate:Vidhyamitra Sūrya-SiddhāntaMethod:Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equationTier-2 localization:spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanāṁśa (24.0677°) · declination 19.22° · EoT 3.72 min · verified ±1 min vs DrikpanchangLineage:Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Maitreya → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara I → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Jyeṣṭhadeva → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrateAccess:Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed (the bhakta's sole niṣkāma-karma-sevā)Computed for:2015-05-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)