पञ्चाङ्ग — Siliguri, West Bengal · November 9, 2017 CE

🪷 आज: तुला सङ्क्रान्ति — Tulā Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Libra.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.35 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
एतान्न हन्तुमिच्छामि घ्नतोऽपि मधुसूदन।

अपि त्रैलोक्यराज्यस्य हेतोः किं नु महीकृते।।1.35।।
"1.35 I would not kill them, even for three worlds; why then for this poor earth? It matters not if I myself am killed." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.35's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Punarvasu Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya202.72°TulāViśākhā P1
चन्द्र Candra89.10°MithunaPunarvasu P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala166.51°KanyāHasta P2
बुध Budha220.34°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati192.04°TulāSvātī P2
शुक्र Śukra187.64°TulāSvātī P1
शनि Śani241.14°DhanuMūla P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:52 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:49 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:21 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)20:58 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:35 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 57 Mins 39 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 02 Mins 21 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:24 – 05:08
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:57 – 05:52
Abhijit Muhūrta10:59 – 11:42
Vijaya Muhūrta13:10 – 13:54
Godhūli Muhūrta16:37 – 17:01
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:49 – 17:17
Amṛta Kāla16:34 – 18:19
Niśīta Muhūrta22:59 – 23:42

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:43 – 14:05
Yamaganda05:52 – 07:14
Gulika Kāla08:36 – 09:58
Varjyam06:19 – 06:37
Dur Muhūrta 08:25 – 08:47

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
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 · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:52 – 07:14 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:14 – 08:36 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:36 – 09:58 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala09:58 – 11:21 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:21 – 12:43 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta12:43 – 14:05 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:05 – 15:27 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha15:27 – 16:49 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta16:49 – 18:27 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla18:27 – 20:05 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:05 – 21:43 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga21:43 – 23:21 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:21 – 00:58 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala00:58 – 02:36 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:36 – 04:14 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:14 – 05:52 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869601.27
Julian Day2458066.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1024°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)243.19°
🪷 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 (24.1024°), declination -16.86°, EoT 15.87 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: 2017-11-09 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)