पञ्चाङ्ग — Siliguri, West Bengal · July 13, 2020 CE

🪷 आज: मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mithuna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Gemini.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.1 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाच

किं तद्ब्रह्म किमध्यात्मं किं कर्म पुरुषोत्तम।

अधिभूतं च किं प्रोक्तमधिदैवं किमुच्यते।।8.1।।
"8.1 "Arjuna asked: O Lord of Lords! What is that which men call the Supreme Spirit, what is man's Spiritual Nature, and what is the Law? What is Matter and what is Divinity?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.1's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2077 Pramādī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1942 Śārvarī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1427
Malayalam Era: 1196
Nanakshahi: 551
Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya86.98°MithunaPunarvasu P3
चन्द्र Candra357.68°MīnaRevatī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala344.22°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
बुध Budha70.90°MithunaĀrdrā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati268.36°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra46.09°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
शनि Śani275.06°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:51 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:32 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:42 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:25 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:04 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 41 Mins 04 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 18 Mins 56 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:02 – 03:57
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:43 – 04:51
Abhijit Muhūrta11:14 – 12:09
Vijaya Muhūrta13:59 – 14:53
Godhūli Muhūrta18:20 – 18:44
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:32 – 19:07
Amṛta Kāla18:17 – 20:02
Niśīta Muhūrta23:14 – 00:09

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla06:34 – 08:17
Yamaganda09:59 – 11:42
Gulika Kāla13:24 – 15:07
Varjyam05:25 – 05:47
Dur Muhūrta 08:03 – 08:30

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (Inauspicious)
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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta04:51 – 06:34 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla06:34 – 08:17 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:17 – 09:59 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga09:59 – 11:42 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:42 – 13:24 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:24 – 15:07 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:07 – 16:50 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:50 – 18:32 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala18:32 – 19:50 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:50 – 21:07 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:07 – 22:24 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:24 – 23:42 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:42 – 00:59 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga00:59 – 02:17 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:17 – 03:34 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala03:34 – 04:51 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Revatī alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5122
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870578.27
Julian Day2459043.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1398°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)271.54°
🪷 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 (24.1398°), declination 21.78°, EoT -5.36 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: 2020-07-13 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)