पञ्चाङ्ग — Siliguri, West Bengal · July 1, 2017 CE

🪷 आज: मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mithuna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Gemini.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 17.10 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
यातयामं गतरसं पूति पर्युषितं च यत्।उच्छिष्टमपि चामेध्यं भोजनं तामसप्रियम्।।17.10।।
"17.10 The Ignorant love food which is stale, not nourishing, putrid and corrupt, the leavings of others and unclean." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 17.10's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya75.32°MithunaĀrdrā P3
चन्द्र Candra165.30°KanyāHasta P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala83.04°MithunaPunarvasu P1
बुध Budha86.11°MithunaPunarvasu P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati169.42°KanyāHasta P3
शुक्र Śukra31.31°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P2
शनि Śani239.12°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:46 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:34 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:40 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:45 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:35 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 47 Mins 33 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 12 Mins 27 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:56 – 03:51
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:37 – 04:46
Abhijit Muhūrta11:12 – 12:07
Vijaya Muhūrta13:58 – 14:53
Godhūli Muhūrta18:22 – 18:46
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:34 – 19:08
Amṛta Kāla18:19 – 20:04
Niśīta Muhūrta23:12 – 00:07

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:13 – 09:56
Yamaganda13:23 – 15:07
Gulika Kāla04:46 – 06:30
Varjyam05:21 – 05:43
Dur Muhūrta 07:59 – 08:27

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Vajra (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
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):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla04:46 – 06:30 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha06:30 – 08:13 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:13 – 09:56 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg09:56 – 11:40 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:40 – 13:23 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:23 – 15:07 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:07 – 16:50 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:50 – 18:34 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:34 – 19:50 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:50 – 21:07 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:07 – 22:23 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:23 – 23:40 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:40 – 00:56 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg00:56 – 02:13 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:13 – 03:30 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha03:30 – 04:46 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Hasta alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869470.27
Julian Day2457935.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0974°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)87.69°
🪷 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 (24.0974°), declination 23.10°, EoT -3.47 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: 2017-07-01 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)