पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · March 1, 1908 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 18.5 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
यज्ञदानतपःकर्म न त्याज्यं कार्यमेव तत्।यज्ञो दानं तपश्चैव पावनानि मनीषिणाम्।।18.5।।
"18.5 Acts of sacrifice, benevolence and austerity should not be given up but should be performed, for they purify the aspiring soul." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.5's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1965 Durmati
Śaka Saṁvat: 1830 Kīlaka
Bengali Saṁvat: 1315
Malayalam Era: 1084
Nanakshahi: 439
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya317.51°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
चन्द्र Candra293.00°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala13.48°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
बुध Budha317.11°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati103.45°KarkaPuṣya P4
शुक्र Śukra357.80°MīnaRevatī P4
शनि Śani336.33°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:59 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:41 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:50 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:37 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:47 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 41 Mins 11 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 18 Mins 49 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:26 – 05:13
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:01 – 05:59
Abhijit Muhūrta11:27 – 12:13
Vijaya Muhūrta13:47 – 14:34
Godhūli Muhūrta17:29 – 17:53
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:41 – 18:10
Amṛta Kāla17:26 – 19:11
Niśīta Muhūrta23:27 – 00:13

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:13 – 17:41
Yamaganda11:50 – 13:18
Gulika Kāla14:45 – 16:13
Varjyam06:29 – 06:47
Dur Muhūrta 08:43 – 09:06

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

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

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:59 – 07:27 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:27 – 08:55 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:55 – 10:22 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:22 – 11:50 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:50 – 13:18 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:18 – 14:45 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:45 – 16:13 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:13 – 17:41 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:41 – 19:13 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:13 – 20:45 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:45 – 22:18 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:18 – 23:50 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:50 – 01:22 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:22 – 02:55 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:55 – 04:27 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:27 – 05:59 (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 Year5009 · Kali-5009
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1829536.27 · 5009.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2418001.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.5701° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)337.47° · 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 (22.5701°) · declination -7.79° · EoT -13.04 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:1908-03-01 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)