पञ्चाङ्ग — Siliguri, West Bengal · July 16, 2018 CE

🪷 आज: मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mithuna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Gemini.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 7.4 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
भूमिरापोऽनलो वायुः खं मनो बुद्धिरेव च।

अहङ्कार इतीयं मे भिन्ना प्रकृतिरष्टधा।।7.4।।
"7.4 Earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intellect and personality; this is the eightfold division of My Manifested Nature." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.4's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya89.38°MithunaPunarvasu P3
चन्द्र Candra130.52°SiṃhaMaghā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala282.61°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
बुध Budha115.21°KarkaAśleṣā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati199.16°TulāSvātī P4
शुक्र Śukra132.24°SiṃhaMaghā P4
शनि Śani250.30°DhanuMūla P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:52 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:32 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:42 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:04 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:49 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 39 Mins 12 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 20 Mins 48 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:03 – 03:58
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:44 – 04:52
Abhijit Muhūrta11:15 – 12:09
Vijaya Muhūrta13:59 – 14:53
Godhūli Muhūrta18:20 – 18:44
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:32 – 19:06
Amṛta Kāla18:17 – 20:02
Niśīta Muhūrta23:15 – 00:09

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla06:35 – 08:17
Yamaganda10:00 – 11:42
Gulika Kāla13:25 – 15:07
Varjyam05:27 – 05:48
Dur Muhūrta 08:04 – 08:31

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (Auspicious)
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):
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 · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta04:52 – 06:35 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla06:35 – 08:17 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:17 – 10:00 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:00 – 11:42 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:42 – 13:25 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:25 – 15:07 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:07 – 16:49 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:49 – 18:32 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala18:32 – 19:49 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:49 – 21:07 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:07 – 22:25 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:25 – 23:42 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:42 – 01:00 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:00 – 02:17 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:17 – 03:35 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala03:35 – 04:52 (neutral)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869850.27
Julian Day2458315.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1120°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)38.92°
🪷 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 (24.1120°), declination 21.39°, EoT -5.68 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: 2018-07-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)