पञ्चाङ्ग — Siliguri, West Bengal · November 22, 2016 CE

Also observed today

वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति · Vṛścika SaṅkrāntiPan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 10.12 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga

अर्जुन उवाच

परं ब्रह्म परं धाम पवित्रं परमं भवान्।

पुरुषं शाश्वतं दिव्यमादिदेवमजं विभुम्।।10.12।।

"10.12 Arjuna asked: Thou art the Supreme Spirit, the Eternal Home, the Holiest of the Holy, the Eternal Divine Self, the Primal God, the Unborn and the Omnipresent." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 10.12's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya

Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi

Bengali Saṁvat: 1423

Malayalam Era: 1192

Nanakshahi: 547

Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)

Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Maghā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)	Indra
करण (Karaṇa)	Kaulava
वार (Vāra)	Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	216.08°	Vṛścika	Anurādhā P1
चन्द्र Candra	134.04°	Siṃha	Pūrva Phalgunī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala	285.15°	Makara	Śravaṇa P2
बुध Budha	230.01°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati	170.63°	Kanyā	Hasta P4
शुक्र Śukra	257.42°	Dhanu	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani	232.42°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	06:02 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	16:45 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:23 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	23:35 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	12:15 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	10 Hours 42 Mins 44 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	13 Hours 17 Mins 16 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	04:36 – 05:19
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	05:08 – 06:02
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:02 – 11:45
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:10 – 13:53
Godhūli Muhūrta	16:33 – 16:57
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	16:45 – 17:11
Amṛta Kāla	16:30 – 18:15
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:02 – 23:45

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	14:04 – 15:24
Yamaganda	08:43 – 10:03
Gulika Kāla	11:23 – 12:44
Varjyam	06:29 – 06:46
Dur Muhūrta	08:32 – 08:53

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)

Candra Vāsa: West

Rāhu Vāsa: North

Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (Inauspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)

Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga	06:02 – 07:22 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg	07:22 – 08:43 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala	08:43 – 10:03 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha	10:03 – 11:23 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta	11:23 – 12:44 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla	12:44 – 14:04 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha	14:04 – 15:24 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga	15:24 – 16:45 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla	16:45 – 18:24 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha	18:24 – 20:04 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga	20:04 – 21:44 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg	21:44 – 23:23 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala	23:23 – 01:03 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha	01:03 – 02:43 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta	02:43 – 04:22 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla	04:22 – 06:02 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 26.7271°

Longitude: 88.3953°

Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Maṅgala Walk (मङ्गल यात्रा)

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Maghā alignment also occurred on:

-3226-07-09 — Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1869249.27
Julian Day	2457714.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.0890°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	274.97°

🪷 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 (24.0890°), declination -20.18°, EoT 13.15 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: 2016-11-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)