पञ्चाङ्ग — Siliguri, West Bengal · December 19, 2021 CE

🪷 आज: पौष पूर्णिमा — Pauṣa Pūrṇimā (Śākambharī Devī Jayantī)
Manifestation of Devī Śākambharī (vegetation-mother).

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.15 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
कर्म ब्रह्मोद्भवं विद्धि ब्रह्माक्षरसमुद्भवम्।

तस्मात्सर्वगतं ब्रह्म नित्यं यज्ञे प्रतिष्ठितम्।।3.15।।
"3.15 All action originates in the Supreme Spirit, which is Imperishable, and in sacrificial action the all-pervading Spirit is consciously present." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.15's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2078 Ānanda
Śaka Saṁvat: 1943 Plava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1428
Malayalam Era: 1197
Nanakshahi: 552
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya243.19°DhanuMūla P1
चन्द्र Candra61.56°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala219.49°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
बुध Budha253.93°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati303.98°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
शुक्र Śukra272.02°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani286.45°MakaraŚravaṇa P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:20 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:48 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:34 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:34 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:21 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 27 Mins 35 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 32 Mins 25 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:57 – 05:38
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:28 – 06:20
Abhijit Muhūrta11:13 – 11:55
Vijaya Muhūrta13:19 – 14:01
Godhūli Muhūrta16:36 – 17:00
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:48 – 17:14
Amṛta Kāla16:33 – 18:18
Niśīta Muhūrta23:13 – 23:55

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:29 – 16:48
Yamaganda11:34 – 12:53
Gulika Kāla14:11 – 15:29
Varjyam06:46 – 07:03
Dur Muhūrta 08:47 – 09:08

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Saumya (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:20 – 07:39 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:39 – 08:57 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:57 – 10:16 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:16 – 11:34 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:34 – 12:53 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha12:53 – 14:11 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:11 – 15:29 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:29 – 16:48 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha16:48 – 18:29 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:29 – 20:11 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:11 – 21:53 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala21:53 – 23:34 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:34 – 01:16 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:16 – 02:57 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:57 – 04:39 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:39 – 06:20 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Mṛgaśīrṣā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5123
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871102.27
Julian Day2459567.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1598°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)179.15°
🪷 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 (24.1598°), declination -23.41°, EoT 2.32 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: 2021-12-19 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)