पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · February 14, 1885 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: महा शिवरात्रि — Mahā Śivarātri
The greatest night of Lord Śiva; cosmic dance of dissolution.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.2 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाच

काम्यानां कर्मणां न्यासं संन्यासं कवयो विदुः।

सर्वकर्मफलत्यागं प्राहुस्त्यागं विचक्षणाः।।18.2।।
"18.2 Lord Shri Krishna replied: The sages say that renunciation means forgoing an action which springs from desire; and relinquishing means the surrender of its fruit." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.2's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1942 Vilambī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1807 Pārthiva
Bengali Saṁvat: 1292
Malayalam Era: 1061
Nanakshahi: 416
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Śakuni
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya303.31°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
चन्द्र Candra291.24°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala304.34°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
बुध Budha285.22°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati130.66°SiṃhaMaghā P4
शुक्र Śukra284.92°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
शनि Śani55.88°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:10 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:33 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:52 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:29 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:37 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 23 Mins 20 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 36 Mins 40 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:39 – 05:24
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:13 – 06:10
Abhijit Muhūrta11:29 – 12:14
Vijaya Muhūrta13:45 – 14:31
Godhūli Muhūrta17:21 – 17:45
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:33 – 18:02
Amṛta Kāla17:18 – 19:03
Niśīta Muhūrta23:29 – 00:14

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:01 – 10:26
Yamaganda13:17 – 14:42
Gulika Kāla06:10 – 07:35
Varjyam06:38 – 06:57
Dur Muhūrta 08:49 – 09:12

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:10 – 07:35 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:35 – 09:01 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:01 – 10:26 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:26 – 11:52 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:52 – 13:17 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:17 – 14:42 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:42 – 16:08 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:08 – 17:33 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:33 – 19:08 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:08 – 20:42 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:42 – 22:17 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:17 – 23:52 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:52 – 01:26 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:26 – 03:01 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:01 – 04:35 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:35 – 06:10 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 22.5958°
Longitude: 88.2636°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

12 steps · festival walk
Today is Mahā Śivarātri — its dedicated walk.
Śiva-stuti through Bhāgavata + Mahābhārata Anuśāsana.

🌌 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 Year4986 · Kali-4986
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1821121.27 · 4986.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2409586.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.2483° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)347.02° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 29/30)
🪷 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 (22.2483°) · declination -13.00° · EoT -14.59 min · city civil-time localizationLineage: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:1885-02-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)