पञ्चाङ्ग — Siliguri, West Bengal · January 8, 2027 CE

🪷 आज: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 16.7 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga
प्रवृत्तिं च निवृत्तिं च जना न विदुरासुराः।न शौचं नापि चाचारो न सत्यं तेषु विद्यते।।16.7।।
"16.7 The godless do not know how to act or how to renounce. They have neither purity nor truth. They do not understand the right principles of conduct." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 16.7's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2084 Raudra
Śaka Saṁvat: 1949 Plavaṅga
Bengali Saṁvat: 1434
Malayalam Era: 1203
Nanakshahi: 558
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)Kiṃstughna
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya263.28°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra265.37°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala135.75°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
बुध Budha266.78°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati121.49°SiṃhaMaghā P1
शुक्र Śukra216.03°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
शनि Śani344.47°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:27 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:00 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:43 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:36 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:07 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 32 Mins 55 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 27 Mins 05 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:02 – 05:44
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:34 – 06:27
Abhijit Muhūrta11:22 – 12:04
Vijaya Muhūrta13:29 – 14:11
Godhūli Muhūrta16:48 – 17:12
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:00 – 17:26
Amṛta Kāla16:45 – 18:30
Niśīta Muhūrta23:22 – 00:04

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:24 – 11:43
Yamaganda14:21 – 15:40
Gulika Kāla07:46 – 09:05
Varjyam06:53 – 07:10
Dur Muhūrta 08:54 – 09:15

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Maitra (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
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 Chala06:27 – 07:46 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:46 – 09:05 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:05 – 10:24 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:24 – 11:43 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:43 – 13:02 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:02 – 14:21 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:21 – 15:40 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala15:40 – 17:00 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:00 – 18:40 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg18:40 – 20:21 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:21 – 22:02 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:02 – 23:43 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:43 – 01:24 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:24 – 03:05 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:05 – 04:46 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:46 – 06:27 (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 Year5128
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872948.27
Julian Day2461413.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2304°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)3.00°
🪷 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 (24.2304°), declination -22.29°, EoT -6.70 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: 2027-01-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)