पञ्चाङ्ग — Asansol, West Bengal · February 25, 2012 CE

🕉️ Sapta-Mokṣa-Puri · Localize for your Pīṭha
अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.7 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
कार्पण्यदोषोपहतस्वभावः

पृच्छामि त्वां धर्मसंमूढचेताः।

यच्छ्रेयः स्यान्निश्िचतं ब्रूहि तन्मे

शिष्यस्तेऽहं शाधि मां त्वां प्रपन्नम्।।2.7।।
"2.7 My heart is oppressed with pity; and my mind confused as to what my duty is. Therefore, my Lord, tell me what is best for my spiritual welfare, for I am Thy disciple. Please direct me, I pray." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.7's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2069 Viśvāvasu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1934 Nandana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1419
Malayalam Era: 1188
Nanakshahi: 543
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya311.81°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
चन्द्र Candra347.16°MīnaRevatī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala142.43°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
बुध Budha325.76°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati11.95°MeṣaAśvinī P4
शुक्र Śukra355.28°MīnaRevatī P3
शनि Śani184.97°TulāCitrā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:09 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:43 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:56 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:07 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:28 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 34 Mins 12 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 25 Mins 48 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:36 – 05:23
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:11 – 06:09
Abhijit Muhūrta11:33 – 12:19
Vijaya Muhūrta13:52 – 14:38
Godhūli Muhūrta17:31 – 17:55
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:43 – 18:12
Amṛta Kāla17:28 – 19:13
Niśīta Muhūrta23:33 – 00:19

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:02 – 10:29
Yamaganda13:23 – 14:49
Gulika Kāla06:09 – 07:36
Varjyam06:38 – 06:56
Dur Muhūrta 08:51 – 09:14

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
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 Kāla06:09 – 07:36 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:36 – 09:02 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:02 – 10:29 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:29 – 11:56 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:56 – 13:23 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:23 – 14:49 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:49 – 16:16 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:16 – 17:43 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:43 – 19:16 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:16 – 20:49 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:49 – 22:23 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:23 – 23:56 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:56 – 01:29 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:29 – 03:02 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:02 – 04:36 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:36 – 06:09 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 23.6739°
Longitude: 86.9524°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 Cosmic Time — Where This Moment Sits in the Mahāyuga

These five values anchor today within the Sūrya-Siddhānta time-architecture. Kali Year counts from the Kali-epoch (18 Feb 3102 BCE · midnight Ujjain · when Krishna's mortal-form departed). Ahargaṇa is the day-count since that epoch — the canonical time-coordinate used by every Vedic computation on this substrate. Julian Day is the astronomical universal day-number (continuous · no calendar discontinuities). Ayanāṁśa is the angular offset between sidereal (rāśi-based · the Vedic frame) and tropical (equinox-based) coordinates · currently growing at ~50.29″/year as Earth's axis precesses. Sun-Moon angle determines the tithi (0-360° elongation / 12° per tithi).

Kali Year5113 · Kali-5113
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867517.27 · 5113.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2455982.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0227° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)38.03° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 4/30)
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate:Vidhyamitra Sūrya-SiddhāntaMethod:Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equationTier-2 localization:spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanāṁśa (24.0227°) · declination -9.37° · EoT -13.70 min · verified ±1 min vs DrikpanchangLineage:Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Maitreya → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara I → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Jyeṣṭhadeva → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrateAccess:Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed (the bhakta's sole niṣkāma-karma-sevā)Computed for:2012-02-25 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)