पञ्चाङ्ग — Siliguri, West Bengal · November 27, 2022 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 12.8 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
मय्येव मन आधत्स्व मयि बुद्धिं निवेशय।निवसिष्यसि मय्येव अत ऊर्ध्वं न संशयः।।12.8।।
"12.8 Then let thy mind cling only to Me, let thy intellect abide in Me; and without doubt thou shalt live hereafter in Me alone." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2079 Rākṣasa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1944 Śubhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1429
Malayalam Era: 1198
Nanakshahi: 553
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya220.59°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
चन्द्र Candra262.97°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala55.82°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P1
बुध Budha230.50°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati334.64°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
शुक्र Śukra229.06°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
शनि Śani295.51°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:06 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:44 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:25 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:59 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:29 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 38 Mins 34 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 21 Mins 26 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:40 – 05:23
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:12 – 06:06
Abhijit Muhūrta11:04 – 11:46
Vijaya Muhūrta13:11 – 13:54
Godhūli Muhūrta16:32 – 16:56
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:44 – 17:11
Amṛta Kāla16:29 – 18:14
Niśīta Muhūrta23:04 – 23:46

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:24 – 16:44
Yamaganda11:25 – 12:45
Gulika Kāla14:04 – 15:24
Varjyam06:32 – 06:49
Dur Muhūrta 08:35 – 08:56

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:06 – 07:25 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:25 – 08:45 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:45 – 10:05 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:05 – 11:25 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:25 – 12:45 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha12:45 – 14:04 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:04 – 15:24 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:24 – 16:44 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha16:44 – 18:24 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:24 – 20:04 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:04 – 21:45 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala21:45 – 23:25 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:25 – 01:05 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:05 – 02:45 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:45 – 04:25 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:25 – 06:06 (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 Year5124
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871445.27
Julian Day2459910.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1730°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)39.68°
🪷 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 (24.1730°), declination -21.09°, EoT 11.57 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: 2022-11-27 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)