पञ्चाङ्ग — Siliguri, West Bengal · January 23, 2022 CE

🪷 आज: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 4.7 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga🪷 Sambhavāmi Yuge Yuge · Krishna's avatāra-anchor
यदा यदा हि धर्मस्य ग्लानिर्भवति भारत।

अभ्युत्थानमधर्मस्य तदाऽऽत्मानं सृजाम्यहम्।।4.7।।
"4.7 Whenever spirituality decays and materialism is rampant, then, O Arjuna, I reincarnate Myself!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.7's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2079 Rākṣasa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1944 Śubhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1429
Malayalam Era: 1198
Nanakshahi: 553
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya278.84°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra157.50°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala244.47°DhanuMūla P2
बुध Budha279.41°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati311.01°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
शुक्र Śukra257.30°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani290.30°MakaraŚravaṇa P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:25 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:11 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:48 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:42 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:44 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 45 Mins 56 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 14 Mins 04 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:59 – 05:42
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:31 – 06:25
Abhijit Muhūrta11:27 – 12:10
Vijaya Muhūrta13:36 – 14:19
Godhūli Muhūrta16:59 – 17:23
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:11 – 17:38
Amṛta Kāla16:56 – 18:41
Niśīta Muhūrta23:27 – 00:10

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:50 – 17:11
Yamaganda11:48 – 13:09
Gulika Kāla14:30 – 15:50
Varjyam06:52 – 07:09
Dur Muhūrta 08:56 – 09:18

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Maitra (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:25 – 07:46 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:46 – 09:07 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:07 – 10:27 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:27 – 11:48 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:48 – 13:09 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:09 – 14:30 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:30 – 15:50 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:50 – 17:11 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:11 – 18:50 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:50 – 20:30 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:30 – 22:09 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:09 – 23:48 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:48 – 01:27 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:27 – 03:07 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:07 – 04:46 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:46 – 06:25 (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 Year5123
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871137.27
Julian Day2459602.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1612°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)240.84°
🪷 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 (24.1612°), declination -19.49°, EoT -11.81 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: 2022-01-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)