पञ्चाङ्ग — Siliguri, West Bengal · March 18, 2017 CE

🪷 आज: मीन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mīna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Pisces; Mīna-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 13.11 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
मयि चानन्ययोगेन भक्ितरव्यभिचारिणी।विविक्तदेशसेवित्वमरतिर्जनसंसदि।।13.11।।
"13.11 Unswerving devotion to Me, by concentration on Me and Me alone, a love for solitude, indifference to social life;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.11's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Anurādhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya333.54°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
चन्द्र Candra214.92°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala11.42°MeṣaAśvinī P4
बुध Budha343.76°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati176.24°KanyāCitrā P1
शुक्र Śukra345.12°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
शनि Śani243.22°DhanuMūla P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:43 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:47 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:45 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:30 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:11 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 03 Mins 40 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 56 Mins 20 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:07 – 04:55
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:43 – 05:43
Abhijit Muhūrta11:21 – 12:09
Vijaya Muhūrta13:46 – 14:34
Godhūli Muhūrta17:35 – 17:59
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:47 – 18:17
Amṛta Kāla17:32 – 19:17
Niśīta Muhūrta23:21 – 00:09

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:44 – 10:15
Yamaganda13:16 – 14:46
Gulika Kāla05:43 – 07:14
Varjyam06:13 – 06:33
Dur Muhūrta 08:32 – 08:56

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:43 – 07:14 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:14 – 08:44 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:44 – 10:15 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:15 – 11:45 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:45 – 13:16 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:16 – 14:46 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:46 – 16:17 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:17 – 17:47 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:47 – 19:17 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:17 – 20:46 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:46 – 22:16 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:16 – 23:45 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:45 – 01:15 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:15 – 02:44 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:44 – 04:14 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:14 – 05:43 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869365.27
Julian Day2457830.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0934°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)243.83°
🪷 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 (24.0934°), declination -0.94°, EoT -8.76 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: 2017-03-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)