पञ्चाङ्ग — Siliguri, West Bengal · September 28, 2027 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.21 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
यद्यदाचरति श्रेष्ठस्तत्तदेवेतरो जनः।

स यत्प्रमाणं कुरुते लोकस्तदनुवर्तते।।3.21।।
"3.21 For whatever a great man does, others imitate. People conform to the standard which he has set." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.21's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2084 Raudra
Śaka Saṁvat: 1949 Plavaṅga
Bengali Saṁvat: 1434
Malayalam Era: 1203
Nanakshahi: 558
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya160.46°KanyāHasta P1
चन्द्र Candra132.26°SiṃhaMaghā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala202.85°TulāViśākhā P1
बुध Budha186.08°TulāCitrā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati139.20°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
शुक्र Śukra172.80°KanyāHasta P4
शनि Śani1.71°MeṣaAśvinī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:26 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:26 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:26 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:12 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:55 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 59 Mins 56 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 00 Mins 04 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:50 – 04:38
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:26 – 05:26
Abhijit Muhūrta11:02 – 11:50
Vijaya Muhūrta13:26 – 14:14
Godhūli Muhūrta17:14 – 17:38
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:26 – 17:56
Amṛta Kāla17:11 – 18:56
Niśīta Muhūrta23:02 – 23:50

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:26 – 15:56
Yamaganda08:26 – 09:56
Gulika Kāla11:26 – 12:56
Varjyam05:56 – 06:15
Dur Muhūrta 08:14 – 08:38

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
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 · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga05:26 – 06:56 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg06:56 – 08:26 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:26 – 09:56 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha09:56 – 11:26 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:26 – 12:56 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla12:56 – 14:26 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:26 – 15:56 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:56 – 17:26 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:26 – 18:56 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:56 – 20:26 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:26 – 21:56 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg21:56 – 23:26 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:26 – 00:56 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha00:56 – 02:26 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:26 – 03:56 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla03:56 – 05:26 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5129
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1873211.27
Julian Day2461676.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2405°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)333.93°
🪷 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 (24.2405°), declination -1.87°, EoT 10.18 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: 2027-09-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)