पञ्चाङ्ग — Siliguri, West Bengal · July 10, 2021 CE

🪷 आज: आषाढ गुप्त नवरात्रि आरम्भ — Āṣāḍha Gupta Navrātri Start
Second Gupta Navrātri.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.50 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
सिद्धिं प्राप्तो यथा ब्रह्म तथाप्नोति निबोध मे।समासेनैव कौन्तेय निष्ठा ज्ञानस्य या परा।।18.50।।
"18.50 I will now state briefly how he, who has reached perfection, finds the Eternal Spirit, the state of Supreme Wisdom." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.50's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2078 Ānanda
Śaka Saṁvat: 1943 Plava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1428
Malayalam Era: 1197
Nanakshahi: 552
Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Punarvasu Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)Kiṃstughna
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya83.88°MithunaPunarvasu P2
चन्द्र Candra83.71°MithunaPunarvasu P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala113.16°KarkaAśleṣā P2
बुध Budha62.92°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati307.40°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
शुक्र Śukra111.12°KarkaAśleṣā P2
शनि Śani287.70°MakaraŚravaṇa P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:50 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:33 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:41 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:50 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:31 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 43 Mins 13 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 16 Mins 47 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:00 – 03:55
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:41 – 04:50
Abhijit Muhūrta11:14 – 12:09
Vijaya Muhūrta13:59 – 14:53
Godhūli Muhūrta18:21 – 18:45
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:33 – 19:07
Amṛta Kāla18:18 – 20:03
Niśīta Muhūrta23:14 – 00:09

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:16 – 09:58
Yamaganda13:24 – 15:07
Gulika Kāla04:50 – 06:33
Varjyam05:24 – 05:46
Dur Muhūrta 08:02 – 08:29

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: 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 · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla04:50 – 06:33 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha06:33 – 08:16 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:16 – 09:58 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg09:58 – 11:41 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:41 – 13:24 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:24 – 15:07 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:07 – 16:50 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:50 – 18:33 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:33 – 19:50 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:50 – 21:07 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:07 – 22:24 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:24 – 23:41 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:41 – 00:58 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg00:58 – 02:16 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:16 – 03:33 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha03:33 – 04:50 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pratipada + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5123
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870940.27
Julian Day2459405.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1536°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)0.09°
🪷 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 (24.1536°), declination 22.22°, EoT -4.97 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: 2021-07-10 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)