पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · March 4, 1954 CE

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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 17.13 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
विधिहीनमसृष्टान्नं मन्त्रहीनमदक्षिणम्।श्रद्धाविरहितं यज्ञं तामसं परिचक्षते।।17.13।।
"17.13 Sacrifice that is contrary to scriptural command, that is unaccompanied by prayers or gifts of food or money, and is without faith - that is the product of Ignorance." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 17.13's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2011 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1876 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1361
Malayalam Era: 1130
Nanakshahi: 485
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Śakuni
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya319.72°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
चन्द्र Candra304.70°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala229.34°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
बुध Budha315.05°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati54.10°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P1
शुक्र Śukra328.38°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
शनि Śani196.30°TulāSvātī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:57 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:42 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:49 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:07 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:31 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 44 Mins 50 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 15 Mins 10 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:23 – 05:10
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:58 – 05:57
Abhijit Muhūrta11:26 – 12:13
Vijaya Muhūrta13:47 – 14:34
Godhūli Muhūrta17:30 – 17:54
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:42 – 18:11
Amṛta Kāla17:27 – 19:12
Niśīta Muhūrta23:26 – 00:13

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:17 – 14:46
Yamaganda05:57 – 07:25
Gulika Kāla08:53 – 10:21
Varjyam06:26 – 06:45
Dur Muhūrta 08:41 – 09:05

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (Auspicious)
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 · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:57 – 07:25 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:25 – 08:53 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:53 – 10:21 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:21 – 11:49 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:49 – 13:17 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:17 – 14:46 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:46 – 16:14 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:14 – 17:42 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:42 – 19:14 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:14 – 20:46 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:46 – 22:17 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:17 – 23:49 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:49 – 01:21 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:21 – 02:53 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:53 – 04:25 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:25 – 05:57 (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 Year5055 · Kali-5055
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1846340.27 · 5055.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2434805.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.2128° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)344.53° · 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 (23.2128°) · declination -6.71° · EoT -12.45 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:1954-03-04 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)