पञ्चाङ्ग — Siliguri, West Bengal · March 20, 2018 CE

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मीन सङ्क्रान्ति · Mīna SaṅkrāntiPan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 4.4 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga

अर्जुन उवाच

अपरं भवतो जन्म परं जन्म विवस्वतः।

कथमेतद्विजानीयां त्वमादौ प्रोक्तवानिति।।4.4।।

"4.4 Arjuna asked: My Lord! Viwaswana was born before Thee; how then canst Thou have revealed it to him?" — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 4.4's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt

Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī

Bengali Saṁvat: 1425

Malayalam Era: 1194

Nanakshahi: 549

Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)

Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Tṛtīyā (3/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Aśvinī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)	Indra
करण (Karaṇa)	Gara
वार (Vāra)	Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	335.27°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P1
चन्द्र Candra	5.76°	Meṣa	Aśvinī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala	246.96°	Dhanu	Mūla P3
बुध Budha	352.08°	Mīna	Revatī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati	208.74°	Tulā	Viśākhā P3
शुक्र Śukra	351.88°	Mīna	Revatī P2
शनि Śani	254.22°	Dhanu	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	05:41 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	17:48 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:45 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	07:20 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	20:13 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	12 Hours 06 Mins 28 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	11 Hours 53 Mins 32 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	04:04 – 04:53
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	04:41 – 05:41
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:20 – 12:09
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:46 – 14:34
Godhūli Muhūrta	17:36 – 18:00
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	17:48 – 18:18
Amṛta Kāla	17:33 – 19:18
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:20 – 00:09

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	14:46 – 16:17
Yamaganda	08:43 – 10:14
Gulika Kāla	11:45 – 13:15
Varjyam	06:12 – 06:31
Dur Muhūrta	08:31 – 08:55

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)

Candra Vāsa: East

Rāhu Vāsa: North

Ānandādi Yoga: Vajra (Inauspicious)

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):
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):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga	05:41 – 07:12 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg	07:12 – 08:43 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala	08:43 – 10:14 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha	10:14 – 11:45 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta	11:45 – 13:15 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla	13:15 – 14:46 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha	14:46 – 16:17 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga	16:17 – 17:48 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla	17:48 – 19:17 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha	19:17 – 20:46 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga	20:46 – 22:15 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg	22:15 – 23:45 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala	23:45 – 01:14 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha	01:14 – 02:43 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta	02:43 – 04:12 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla	04:12 – 05:41 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 26.7271°

Longitude: 88.3953°

Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Maṅgala Walk (मङ्गल यात्रा)

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Tṛtīyā + Aśvinī alignment also occurred on:

-3101-02-18 — Kali Yuga Epoch (same Aśvinī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1869732.27
Julian Day	2458197.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1074°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	30.43°

🪷 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 (24.1074°), declination -0.25°, EoT -8.15 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: 2018-03-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)