पञ्चाङ्ग — Siliguri, West Bengal · March 5, 2017 CE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 12.18 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
समः शत्रौ च मित्रे च तथा मानापमानयोः।शीतोष्णसुखदुःखेषु समः सङ्गविवर्जितः।।12.18।।
"12.18 He to whom friend and foe are alike, who welcomes equally honour and dishonour, heat and cold, pleasure and pain, who is enamoured of nothing," — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Saptamī (7/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Rohiṇī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya320.56°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
चन्द्र Candra44.72°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala2.04°MeṣaAśvinī P1
बुध Budha318.51°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati177.47°KanyāCitrā P2
शुक्र Śukra348.90°MīnaRevatī P1
शनि Śani242.67°DhanuMūla P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:57 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:40 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:49 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:36 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:15 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 43 Mins 04 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 16 Mins 56 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:23 – 05:10
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:59 – 05:57
Abhijit Muhūrta11:25 – 12:12
Vijaya Muhūrta13:46 – 14:33
Godhūli Muhūrta17:28 – 17:52
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:40 – 18:09
Amṛta Kāla17:25 – 19:10
Niśīta Muhūrta23:25 – 00:12

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:12 – 17:40
Yamaganda11:49 – 13:17
Gulika Kāla14:44 – 16:12
Varjyam06:26 – 06:45
Dur Muhūrta 08:41 – 09:05

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:57 – 07:25 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:25 – 08:53 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:53 – 10:21 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:21 – 11:49 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:49 – 13:17 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:17 – 14:44 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:44 – 16:12 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:12 – 17:40 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:40 – 19:12 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:12 – 20:44 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:44 – 22:17 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:17 – 23:49 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:49 – 01:21 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:21 – 02:53 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:53 – 04:25 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:25 – 05:57 (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 Śukla Saptamī + Rohiṇī alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Rohiṇī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869352.27
Julian Day2457817.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0929°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)83.18°
🪷 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 (24.0929°), declination -6.04°, EoT -12.23 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: 2017-03-05 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)