पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · February 27, 1957 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 7.17 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
तेषां ज्ञानी नित्ययुक्त एकभक्ितर्विशिष्यते।

प्रियो हि ज्ञानिनोऽत्यर्थमहं स च मम प्रियः।।7.17।।
"7.17 Of all of these, he who has gained wisdom, who meditates on Me without ceasing, devoting himself only to Me, he is the best; for by the wise man I am exceedingly beloved and the wise man, too, is beloved by Me." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2014 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1879 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1364
Malayalam Era: 1133
Nanakshahi: 488
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya314.93°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
चन्द्र Candra286.20°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala25.53°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
बुध Budha298.50°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati155.96°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
शुक्र Śukra303.86°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
शनि Śani230.94°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:01 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:40 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:50 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:24 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:27 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 38 Mins 47 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 21 Mins 13 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:28 – 05:14
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:03 – 06:01
Abhijit Muhūrta11:27 – 12:14
Vijaya Muhūrta13:47 – 14:33
Godhūli Muhūrta17:28 – 17:52
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:40 – 18:09
Amṛta Kāla17:25 – 19:10
Niśīta Muhūrta23:27 – 00:14

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:50 – 13:18
Yamaganda07:28 – 08:56
Gulika Kāla10:23 – 11:50
Varjyam06:30 – 06:49
Dur Muhūrta 08:44 – 09:07

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (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):
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 Labha06:01 – 07:28 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:28 – 08:56 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:56 – 10:23 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:23 – 11:50 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:50 – 13:18 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:18 – 14:45 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:45 – 16:12 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:12 – 17:40 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:40 – 19:12 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:12 – 20:45 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:45 – 22:18 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:18 – 23:50 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:50 – 01:23 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:23 – 02:56 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:56 – 04:28 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:28 – 06:01 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 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 Year5058 · Kali-5058
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1847431.27 · 5058.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2435896.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.2545° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)330.05° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 28/30)
🪷 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 (23.2545°) · declination -8.50° · EoT -13.39 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:1957-02-27 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)