पञ्चाङ्ग — Siliguri, West Bengal · May 29, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: वृषभ सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛṣabha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Taurus.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 5.3 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
ज्ञेयः स नित्यसंन्यासी यो न द्वेष्टि न काङ्क्षति।

निर्द्वन्द्वो हि महाबाहो सुखं बन्धात्प्रमुच्यते।।5.3।।
"5.3 He is a true ascetic who never desires or dislikes, who is uninfluenced by the opposites and is easily freed from bondage." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.3's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Jyeṣṭha (Jyeṣṭha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
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)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya44.03°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
चन्द्र Candra308.13°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala215.22°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
बुध Budha21.43°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati139.09°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
शुक्र Śukra41.40°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
शनि Śani229.23°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:43 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:24 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:34 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:29 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:51 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 40 Mins 29 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 19 Mins 31 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:54 – 03:49
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:35 – 04:43
Abhijit Muhūrta11:06 – 12:01
Vijaya Muhūrta13:50 – 14:45
Godhūli Muhūrta18:12 – 18:36
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:24 – 18:58
Amṛta Kāla18:09 – 19:54
Niśīta Muhūrta23:06 – 00:01

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:41 – 18:24
Yamaganda11:34 – 13:16
Gulika Kāla14:59 – 16:41
Varjyam05:18 – 05:39
Dur Muhūrta 07:55 – 08:22

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mātaṇga (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 Udveg04:43 – 06:26 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:26 – 08:09 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:09 – 09:51 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta09:51 – 11:34 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:34 – 13:16 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:16 – 14:59 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:59 – 16:41 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:41 – 18:24 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:24 – 19:41 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:41 – 20:59 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:59 – 22:16 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:16 – 23:34 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:34 – 00:51 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta00:51 – 02:09 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:09 – 03:26 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:26 – 04:43 (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-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 Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869072.27
Julian Day2457537.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0822°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)267.05°
🪷 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 (24.0822°), declination 21.66°, EoT 2.77 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: 2016-05-29 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)