पञ्चाङ्ग — Siliguri, West Bengal · August 16, 2020 CE

🪷 आज: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 9.7 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
सर्वभूतानि कौन्तेय प्रकृतिं यान्ति मामिकाम्।

कल्पक्षये पुनस्तानि कल्पादौ विसृजाम्यहम्।।9.7।।
"9.7 All beings, O Arjuna, return at the close of every cosmic cycle into the realm of Nature, which is a part of Me, and at the beginning of the next I send them forth again." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.7's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2077 Pramādī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1942 Śārvarī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1427
Malayalam Era: 1196
Nanakshahi: 551
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī (27/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya119.51°KarkaAśleṣā P4
चन्द्र Candra79.76°MithunaĀrdrā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala359.46°MīnaRevatī P4
बुध Budha117.55°KarkaAśleṣā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati264.48°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शुक्र Śukra73.44°MithunaĀrdrā P3
शनि Śani272.66°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:08 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:12 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:40 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:10 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:53 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 03 Mins 52 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 56 Mins 08 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:24 – 04:16
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:03 – 05:08
Abhijit Muhūrta11:14 – 12:07
Vijaya Muhūrta13:51 – 14:43
Godhūli Muhūrta18:00 – 18:24
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:12 – 18:45
Amṛta Kāla17:57 – 19:42
Niśīta Muhūrta23:14 – 00:07

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:34 – 18:12
Yamaganda11:40 – 13:18
Gulika Kāla14:56 – 16:34
Varjyam05:41 – 06:02
Dur Muhūrta 08:11 – 08:37

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

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 · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:08 – 06:46 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:46 – 08:24 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:24 – 10:02 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:02 – 11:40 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:40 – 13:18 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:18 – 14:56 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:56 – 16:34 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:34 – 18:12 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:12 – 19:34 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:34 – 20:56 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:56 – 22:18 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:18 – 23:40 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:40 – 01:02 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:02 – 02:24 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:24 – 03:46 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:46 – 05:08 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5122
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870612.27
Julian Day2459077.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1411°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)320.70°
🪷 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 (24.1411°), declination 13.64°, EoT -3.97 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: 2020-08-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)