पञ्चाङ्ग — Siliguri, West Bengal · January 28, 2019 CE

Also observed today

पोङ्गल · Pongal / Thai PongalRegional

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 12.11 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga

अथैतदप्यशक्तोऽसि कर्तुं मद्योगमाश्रितः।सर्वकर्मफलत्यागं ततः कुरु यतात्मवान्।।12.11।।

"12.11 And if thou art too weak even for this, then seek refuge in union with Me, and with perfect self-control renounce the fruit of thy action." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 12.11's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2076 Paridhāvi

Śaka Saṁvat: 1941 Vikāri

Bengali Saṁvat: 1426

Malayalam Era: 1195

Nanakshahi: 550

Solar Month: Makara (Tai)

Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Svātī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)	Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)	Bālava
वार (Vāra)	Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	283.69°	Makara	Śravaṇa P2
चन्द्र Candra	195.63°	Tulā	Svātī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala	353.83°	Mīna	Revatī P3
बुध Budha	282.03°	Makara	Śravaṇa P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati	232.92°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P2
शुक्र Śukra	237.76°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P4
शनि Śani	260.30°	Dhanu	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	06:24 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	17:15 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:49 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	00:25 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	11:29 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	10 Hours 51 Mins 12 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	13 Hours 08 Mins 48 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	04:57 – 05:40
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	05:30 – 06:24
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:28 – 12:11
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:38 – 14:21
Godhūli Muhūrta	17:03 – 17:27
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	17:15 – 17:42
Amṛta Kāla	17:00 – 18:45
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:28 – 00:11

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	07:45 – 09:07
Yamaganda	10:28 – 11:49
Gulika Kāla	13:11 – 14:32
Varjyam	06:51 – 07:08
Dur Muhūrta	08:56 – 09:17

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)

Candra Vāsa: North

Rāhu Vāsa: North-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)

Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta	06:24 – 07:45 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla	07:45 – 09:07 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha	09:07 – 10:28 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga	10:28 – 11:49 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg	11:49 – 13:11 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala	13:11 – 14:32 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha	14:32 – 15:54 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta	15:54 – 17:15 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala	17:15 – 18:54 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha	18:54 – 20:32 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta	20:32 – 22:11 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla	22:11 – 23:49 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha	23:49 – 01:28 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga	01:28 – 03:07 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg	03:07 – 04:45 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala	04:45 – 06:24 (neutral)

Coordinates

Latitude: 26.7271°

Longitude: 88.3953°

Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Candra Walk (चन्द्र यात्रा)

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Svātī alignment also occurred on:

-3226-07-09 — Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1870046.27
Julian Day	2458511.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1195°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	268.50°

🪷 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 (24.1195°), declination -18.31°, EoT -12.97 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: 2019-01-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)