पञ्चाङ्ग — Siliguri, West Bengal · May 18, 2031 CE

🪷 आज: वृषभ सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛṣabha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Taurus.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.19 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
य एनं वेत्ति हन्तारं यश्चैनं मन्यते हतम्।

उभौ तौ न विजानीतो नायं हन्ति न हन्यते।।2.19।।
"2.19 He who thinks that the Spirit kills, and he who thinks of It as killed, are both ignorant. The Spirit kills not, nor is It killed." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.19's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Jyeṣṭha (Jyeṣṭha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2088 Raktākṣī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1953 Virodhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1438
Malayalam Era: 1207
Nanakshahi: 562
Solar Month: Vṛṣabha (Vaikāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī (27/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya32.65°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P2
चन्द्र Candra355.19°MīnaRevatī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala194.27°TulāSvātī P3
बुध Budha10.36°MeṣaAśvinī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati243.10°DhanuMūla P1
शुक्र Śukra76.86°MithunaĀrdrā P4
शनि Śani45.88°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:48 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:18 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:33 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:45 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:21 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 30 Mins 06 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 29 Mins 54 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:00 – 03:54
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:40 – 04:48
Abhijit Muhūrta11:06 – 12:00
Vijaya Muhūrta13:48 – 14:42
Godhūli Muhūrta18:06 – 18:30
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:18 – 18:52
Amṛta Kāla18:03 – 19:48
Niśīta Muhūrta23:06 – 00:00

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:37 – 18:18
Yamaganda11:33 – 13:14
Gulika Kāla14:55 – 16:37
Varjyam05:21 – 05:43
Dur Muhūrta 07:57 – 08:24

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg04:48 – 06:29 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:29 – 08:10 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:10 – 09:51 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta09:51 – 11:33 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:33 – 13:14 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:14 – 14:55 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:55 – 16:37 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:37 – 18:18 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:18 – 19:37 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:37 – 20:55 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:55 – 22:14 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:14 – 23:33 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:33 – 00:51 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta00:51 – 02:10 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:10 – 03:29 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:29 – 04:48 (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 Year5133
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1874539.27
Julian Day2463004.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2913°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)321.94°
🪷 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 (24.2913°), declination 19.47°, EoT 3.69 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: 2031-05-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)