पञ्चाङ्ग — Siliguri, West Bengal · December 26, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.4 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
मन्यसे यदि तच्छक्यं मया द्रष्टुमिति प्रभो।

योगेश्वर ततो मे त्वं दर्शयाऽत्मानमव्ययम्।।11.4।।
"11.4 If Thou thinkest that it can be made possible for me to see it, show me, O Lord of Lords, Thine own Eternal Self." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.4's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī (27/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Viśākhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya250.60°DhanuMūla P4
चन्द्र Candra214.79°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala310.68°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
बुध Budha256.76°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati175.87°KanyāCitrā P1
शुक्र Śukra296.63°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
शनि Śani236.40°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:23 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:51 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:37 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:53 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:35 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 27 Mins 51 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 32 Mins 09 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:00 – 05:42
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:31 – 06:23
Abhijit Muhūrta11:16 – 11:58
Vijaya Muhūrta13:22 – 14:04
Godhūli Muhūrta16:39 – 17:03
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:51 – 17:17
Amṛta Kāla16:36 – 18:21
Niśīta Muhūrta23:16 – 23:58

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:42 – 09:00
Yamaganda10:19 – 11:37
Gulika Kāla12:56 – 14:14
Varjyam06:50 – 07:06
Dur Muhūrta 08:50 – 09:11

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

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 · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:23 – 07:42 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:42 – 09:00 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:00 – 10:19 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:19 – 11:37 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:37 – 12:56 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala12:56 – 14:14 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:14 – 15:33 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta15:33 – 16:51 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala16:51 – 18:33 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha18:33 – 20:14 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:14 – 21:56 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla21:56 – 23:37 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:37 – 01:19 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:19 – 03:00 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:00 – 04:42 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:42 – 06:23 (neutral)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa 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)1869283.27
Julian Day2457748.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0903°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)322.65°
🪷 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 (24.0903°), declination -23.35°, EoT -0.96 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: 2016-12-26 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)