पञ्चाङ्ग — Siliguri, West Bengal · August 4, 2023 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 1.26 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
तत्रापश्यत्स्थितान्पार्थः पितृ़नथ पितामहान्।

आचार्यान्मातुलान्भ्रातृ़न्पुत्रान्पौत्रान्सखींस्तथा।।1.26।।
"1.26 There Arjuna noticed fathers, grandfathers, uncles, cousins, sons, grandsons, teachers, friends;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.26's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2080 Nala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1945 Śobhana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1430
Malayalam Era: 1199
Nanakshahi: 554
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Tṛtīyā (18/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya107.26°KarkaAśleṣā P1
चन्द्र Candra319.52°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala140.62°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
बुध Budha133.57°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati19.83°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
शुक्र Śukra121.21°SiṃhaMaghā P1
शनि Śani311.41°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:02 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:22 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:42 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)20:02 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)07:41 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 20 Mins 19 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 39 Mins 41 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:15 – 04:09
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:55 – 05:02
Abhijit Muhūrta11:16 – 12:09
Vijaya Muhūrta13:56 – 14:49
Godhūli Muhūrta18:10 – 18:34
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:22 – 18:56
Amṛta Kāla18:07 – 19:52
Niśīta Muhūrta23:16 – 00:09

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:02 – 11:42
Yamaganda15:02 – 16:42
Gulika Kāla06:42 – 08:22
Varjyam05:35 – 05:57
Dur Muhūrta 08:09 – 08:35

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (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 · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:02 – 06:42 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha06:42 – 08:22 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:22 – 10:02 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:02 – 11:42 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:42 – 13:22 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:22 – 15:02 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:02 – 16:42 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:42 – 18:22 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:22 – 19:42 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:42 – 21:02 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:02 – 22:22 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:22 – 23:42 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:42 – 01:02 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:02 – 02:22 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:22 – 03:42 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga03:42 – 05:02 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5125
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871695.27
Julian Day2460160.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1825°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)210.01°
🪷 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 (24.1825°), declination 17.35°, EoT -5.79 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: 2023-08-04 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)