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

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अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.27 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
वक्त्राणि ते त्वरमाणा विशन्ति

दंष्ट्राकरालानि भयानकानि।

केचिद्विलग्ना दशनान्तरेषु

संदृश्यन्ते चूर्णितैरुत्तमाङ्गैः।।11.27।।
"11.27 1 see them all rushing headlong into Thy mouths, with terrible tusks, horrible to behold. Some are mangled between thy jaws, with their heads crushed to atoms." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.27's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Kṛttikā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya243.97°DhanuMūla P2
चन्द्र Candra27.95°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala327.54°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
बुध Budha222.94°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati225.05°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
शुक्र Śukra198.01°TulāSvātī P4
शनि Śani255.75°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:21 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:48 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:35 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:29 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:52 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 27 Mins 31 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 32 Mins 29 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:57 – 05:39
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:29 – 06:21
Abhijit Muhūrta11:14 – 11:55
Vijaya Muhūrta13:19 – 14:01
Godhūli Muhūrta16:36 – 17:00
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:48 – 17:14
Amṛta Kāla16:33 – 18:18
Niśīta Muhūrta23:14 – 23:55

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:53 – 14:11
Yamaganda06:21 – 07:39
Gulika Kāla08:58 – 10:16
Varjyam06:47 – 07:04
Dur Muhūrta 08:47 – 09:08

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:21 – 07:39 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:39 – 08:58 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:58 – 10:16 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:16 – 11:35 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:35 – 12:53 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta12:53 – 14:11 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:11 – 15:30 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha15:30 – 16:48 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta16:48 – 18:30 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla18:30 – 20:11 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:11 – 21:53 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga21:53 – 23:35 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:35 – 01:16 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:16 – 02:58 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:58 – 04:39 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:39 – 06:21 (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 Śukla Trayodaśī + Kṛttikā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Kṛttikā)
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Kṛttikā)

🌌 Cosmic Time — Where This Moment Sits in the Mahāyuga

These five values anchor today within the Sūrya-Siddhānta time-architecture. Kali Year counts from the Kali-epoch (18 Feb 3102 BCE · midnight Ujjain · when Krishna's mortal-form departed). Ahargaṇa is the day-count since that epoch — the canonical time-coordinate used by every Vedic computation on this substrate. Julian Day is the astronomical universal day-number (continuous · no calendar discontinuities). Ayanāṁśa is the angular offset between sidereal (rāśi-based · the Vedic frame) and tropical (equinox-based) coordinates · currently growing at ~50.29″/year as Earth's axis precesses. Sun-Moon angle determines the tithi (0-360° elongation / 12° per tithi).

Kali Year5120 · Kali-5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870007.27 · 5119.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2458472.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.1180° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)144.39° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 13/30)
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate:Vidhyamitra Sūrya-SiddhāntaMethod:Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equationTier-2 localization:spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanāṁśa (24.1180°) · declination -23.42° · EoT 1.85 min · verified ±1 min vs DrikpanchangLineage:Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Maitreya → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara I → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Jyeṣṭhadeva → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrateAccess:Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed (the bhakta's sole niṣkāma-karma-sevā)Computed for:2018-12-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)