पञ्चाङ्ग — Siliguri, West Bengal · June 17, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mithuna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Gemini.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 5.22 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
ये हि संस्पर्शजा भोगा दुःखयोनय एव ते।

आद्यन्तवन्तः कौन्तेय न तेषु रमते बुधः।।5.22।।
"5.22 The joys that spring from external associations bring pain; they have their beginning and their endings. The wise man does not rejoice in them." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.22's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Viśākhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya62.21°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
चन्द्र Candra203.55°TulāViśākhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala209.96°TulāViśākhā P3
बुध Budha41.44°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati140.66°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
शुक्र Śukra64.75°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P4
शनि Śani227.84°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:43 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:32 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:37 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:35 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:30 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 48 Mins 57 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 11 Mins 03 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:52 – 03:47
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:33 – 04:43
Abhijit Muhūrta11:09 – 12:05
Vijaya Muhūrta13:55 – 14:50
Godhūli Muhūrta18:20 – 18:44
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:32 – 19:06
Amṛta Kāla18:17 – 20:02
Niśīta Muhūrta23:09 – 00:05

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:53 – 11:37
Yamaganda15:04 – 16:48
Gulika Kāla06:26 – 08:10
Varjyam05:17 – 05:39
Dur Muhūrta 07:56 – 08:24

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala04:43 – 06:26 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha06:26 – 08:10 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:10 – 09:53 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla09:53 – 11:37 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:37 – 13:21 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:21 – 15:04 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:04 – 16:48 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:48 – 18:32 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:32 – 19:48 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:48 – 21:04 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:04 – 22:21 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:21 – 23:37 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:37 – 00:53 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla00:53 – 02:10 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:10 – 03:26 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga03:26 – 04:43 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Dvādaśī + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Viśākhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869091.27
Julian Day2457556.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0829°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)140.17°
🪷 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 (24.0829°), declination 23.38°, EoT -0.61 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: 2016-06-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)