पञ्चाङ्ग — Siliguri, West Bengal · October 6, 2019 CE

Also observed today

कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति · Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)Pan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 1.30 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga

गाण्डीवं स्रंसते हस्तात्त्वक्चैव परिदह्यते।

न च शक्नोम्यवस्थातुं भ्रमतीव च मे मनः।।1.30।।

"1.30 The bow Gandeeva slips from my hand, and my skin burns. I cannot keep quiet, for my mind is in tumult." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 1.30's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2076 Paridhāvi

Śaka Saṁvat: 1941 Vikāri

Bengali Saṁvat: 1426

Malayalam Era: 1195

Nanakshahi: 550

Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)

Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)	Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)	Bava
वार (Vāra)	Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	168.38°	Kanyā	Hasta P3
चन्द्र Candra	262.21°	Dhanu	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala	156.78°	Kanyā	Uttara Phalgunī P4
बुध Budha	189.35°	Tulā	Svātī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati	234.79°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P3
शुक्र Śukra	182.31°	Tulā	Citrā P3
शनि Śani	259.98°	Dhanu	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	05:30 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	17:18 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:24 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	12:24 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	22:54 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	11 Hours 47 Mins 32 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	12 Hours 12 Mins 28 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	03:56 – 04:43
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	04:31 – 05:30
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:00 – 11:47
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:22 – 14:09
Godhūli Muhūrta	17:06 – 17:30
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	17:18 – 17:47
Amṛta Kāla	17:03 – 18:48
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:00 – 23:47

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	15:49 – 17:18
Yamaganda	11:24 – 12:52
Gulika Kāla	14:21 – 15:49
Varjyam	05:59 – 06:18
Dur Muhūrta	08:15 – 08:39

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)

Candra Vāsa: East

Rāhu Vāsa: North-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)

Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg	05:30 – 06:58 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala	06:58 – 08:27 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha	08:27 – 09:55 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta	09:55 – 11:24 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla	11:24 – 12:52 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha	12:52 – 14:21 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga	14:21 – 15:49 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg	15:49 – 17:18 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha	17:18 – 18:49 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga	18:49 – 20:21 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg	20:21 – 21:52 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala	21:52 – 23:24 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha	23:24 – 00:55 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta	00:55 – 02:27 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla	02:27 – 03:58 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha	03:58 – 05:30 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 26.7271°

Longitude: 88.3953°

Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Sūrya Walk (सूर्य यात्रा)

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Pūrva Āṣāḍhā alignment also occurred on:

-3137-12-25 — Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5121
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1870297.27
Julian Day	2458762.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1291°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	91.53°

🪷 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 (24.1291°), declination -4.94°, EoT 12.68 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: 2019-10-06 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)