पञ्चाङ्ग — Siliguri, West Bengal · January 12, 2028 CE

🪷 आज: पौष पूर्णिमा — Pauṣa Pūrṇimā (Śākambharī Devī Jayantī)
Manifestation of Devī Śākambharī (vegetation-mother).

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.13 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
समं कायशिरोग्रीवं धारयन्नचलं स्थिरः।

संप्रेक्ष्य नासिकाग्रं स्वं दिशश्चानवलोकयन्।।6.13।।
"6.13 Let him hold body, head and neck erect, motionless and steady; let him look fixedly at the tip of his nose, turning neither to the right nor to the left." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.13's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2085 Durmati
Śaka Saṁvat: 1950 Kīlaka
Bengali Saṁvat: 1435
Malayalam Era: 1204
Nanakshahi: 559
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Punarvasu Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya267.09°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra85.27°MithunaPunarvasu P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala281.93°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
बुध Budha284.22°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati153.08°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
शुक्र Śukra303.82°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
शनि Śani357.13°MīnaRevatī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:27 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:02 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:45 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:48 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:27 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 35 Mins 30 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 24 Mins 30 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:02 – 05:45
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:34 – 06:27
Abhijit Muhūrta11:24 – 12:06
Vijaya Muhūrta13:31 – 14:13
Godhūli Muhūrta16:50 – 17:14
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:02 – 17:29
Amṛta Kāla16:47 – 18:32
Niśīta Muhūrta23:24 – 00:06

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:45 – 13:04
Yamaganda07:46 – 09:06
Gulika Kāla10:25 – 11:45
Varjyam06:53 – 07:10
Dur Muhūrta 08:55 – 09:16

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:27 – 07:46 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:46 – 09:06 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:06 – 10:25 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:25 – 11:45 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:45 – 13:04 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:04 – 14:24 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:24 – 15:43 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:43 – 17:02 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:02 – 18:43 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:43 – 20:24 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:24 – 22:04 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:04 – 23:45 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:45 – 01:25 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:25 – 03:06 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:06 – 04:46 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:46 – 06:27 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5129
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1873317.27
Julian Day2461782.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2446°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)176.96°
🪷 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 (24.2446°), declination -21.74°, EoT -8.27 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: 2028-01-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)