पञ्चाङ्ग — Siliguri, West Bengal · September 28, 2017 CE

Also observed today

कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति · Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)Pan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 18.71 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga

श्रद्धावाननसूयश्च श्रृणुयादपि यो नरः।सोऽपि मुक्तः शुभाँल्लोकान्प्राप्नुयात्पुण्यकर्मणाम्।।18.71।।

"18.71 Yea, he who listens to it with faith and without doubt, even he, freed from evil, shalt rise to the worlds which the virtuous attain through righteous deeds." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 18.71's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa

Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī

Bengali Saṁvat: 1424

Malayalam Era: 1193

Nanakshahi: 548

Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)

Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Mūla Pada 4
योग (Yoga)	Saubhāgya
करण (Karaṇa)	Bava
वार (Vāra)	Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	161.01°	Kanyā	Hasta P1
चन्द्र Candra	250.13°	Dhanu	Mūla P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala	139.99°	Siṃha	Pūrva Phalgunī P2
बुध Budha	152.04°	Kanyā	Uttara Phalgunī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati	182.95°	Tulā	Citrā P3
शुक्र Śukra	135.46°	Siṃha	Pūrva Phalgunī P1
शनि Śani	237.83°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	05:27 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	17:26 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:26 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	12:10 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	22:35 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	11 Hours 59 Mins 17 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	12 Hours 00 Mins 43 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	03:51 – 04:39
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	04:27 – 05:27
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:02 – 11:50
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:26 – 14:14
Godhūli Muhūrta	17:14 – 17:38
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	17:26 – 17:56
Amṛta Kāla	17:11 – 18:56
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:02 – 23:50

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	12:56 – 14:26
Yamaganda	05:27 – 06:57
Gulika Kāla	08:26 – 09:56
Varjyam	05:57 – 06:16
Dur Muhūrta	08:14 – 08:38

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)

Candra Vāsa: East

Rāhu Vāsa: North-West

Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)

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 · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha	05:27 – 06:57 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga	06:57 – 08:26 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg	08:26 – 09:56 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala	09:56 – 11:26 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha	11:26 – 12:56 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta	12:56 – 14:26 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla	14:26 – 15:56 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha	15:56 – 17:26 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta	17:26 – 18:56 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla	18:56 – 20:26 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha	20:26 – 21:56 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga	21:56 – 23:26 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg	23:26 – 00:56 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala	00:56 – 02:26 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha	02:26 – 03:57 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta	03:57 – 05:27 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 26.7271°

Longitude: 88.3953°

Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Bṛhaspati Walk (गुरु यात्रा)

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Mūla alignment also occurred on:

-3137-12-25 — Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1869559.27
Julian Day	2458024.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1008°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	90.72°

🪷 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 (24.1008°), declination -2.03°, EoT 10.18 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: 2017-09-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)