पञ्चाङ्ग — Siliguri, West Bengal · January 10, 2034 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 8.23 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
यत्र काले त्वनावृत्तिमावृत्तिं चैव योगिनः।

प्रयाता यान्ति तं कालं वक्ष्यामि भरतर्षभ।।8.23।।
"8.23 *Now I will tell thee, O Arjuna, of the times at which, if the mystics go forth, they do not return, and at which they go forth only to return." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.23's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2091 Prabhava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1956 Ānanda
Bengali Saṁvat: 1441
Malayalam Era: 1210
Nanakshahi: 565
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya265.52°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra148.17°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala333.35°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
बुध Budha275.63°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati311.65°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
शुक्र Śukra266.49°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शनि Śani83.05°MithunaPunarvasu P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:27 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:01 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:44 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:46 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:03 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 34 Mins 27 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 25 Mins 33 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:02 – 05:44
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:34 – 06:27
Abhijit Muhūrta11:23 – 12:05
Vijaya Muhūrta13:30 – 14:12
Godhūli Muhūrta16:49 – 17:13
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:01 – 17:28
Amṛta Kāla16:46 – 18:31
Niśīta Muhūrta23:23 – 00:05

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:23 – 15:42
Yamaganda09:05 – 10:25
Gulika Kāla11:44 – 13:03
Varjyam06:53 – 07:10
Dur Muhūrta 08:55 – 09:16

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:27 – 07:46 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:46 – 09:05 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:05 – 10:25 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:25 – 11:44 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:44 – 13:03 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:03 – 14:23 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:23 – 15:42 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:42 – 17:01 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:01 – 18:42 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:42 – 20:23 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:23 – 22:03 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:03 – 23:44 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:44 – 01:25 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:25 – 03:05 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:05 – 04:46 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:46 – 06:27 (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 Year5135
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1875507.27
Julian Day2463972.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.3283°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)243.42°
🪷 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 (24.3283°), declination -21.97°, EoT -7.50 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: 2034-01-10 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)