पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · February 20, 1960 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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Also observed today
- कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति · Kumbha SaṅkrāntiPan-Hindu
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.61 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
ईश्वरः सर्वभूतानां हृद्देशेऽर्जुन तिष्ठति।भ्रामयन्सर्वभूतानि यन्त्रारूढानि मायया।।18.61।।
"18.61 God dwells in the hearts of all beings, O Arjuna! He causes them to revolve as it were on a wheel by His mystic power." — Shri Purohit Swami
📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions
Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2017 Pramādī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1882 Śārvarī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1367
Malayalam Era: 1136
Nanakshahi: 491
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)
🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)
| तिथि (Tithi) | Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30) |
|---|---|
| नक्षत्र (Nakshatra) | Anurādhā Pada 2 |
| योग (Yoga) | Vyāghāta |
| करण (Karaṇa) | Kaulava |
| वार (Vāra) | Śanivāra (Saturday) |
🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)
| Graha | Longitude | Rāśi | Nakshatra |
|---|---|---|---|
| सूर्य Sūrya | 307.11° | Kumbha | Śatabhiṣā P1 |
| चन्द्र Candra | 217.71° | Vṛścika | Anurādhā P2 |
| मङ्गल Maṅgala | 274.88° | Makara | Uttara Āṣāḍhā P3 |
| बुध Budha | 324.93° | Kumbha | Pūrva Bhādrapadā P2 |
| गुरु Bṛhaspati | 245.87° | Dhanu | Mūla P2 |
| शुक्र Śukra | 276.47° | Makara | Uttara Āṣāḍhā P3 |
| शनि Śani | 262.21° | Dhanu | Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P3 |
☀️ Howrah, West Bengal — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)
| Sūryodaya (Sunrise) | 06:07 IST |
|---|---|
| Sūryāsta (Sunset) | 17:36 IST |
| Madhyāhna (Solar Noon) | 11:51 IST |
| Candrodaya (Moonrise) | 00:26 IST |
| Candrāsta (Moonset) | 11:21 IST |
| Dinamāna (Day Duration) | 11 Hours 29 Mins 08 Secs |
| Rātrimāna (Night Duration) | 12 Hours 30 Mins 52 Secs |
✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings
| Brahma Muhūrta | 04:35 – 05:21 |
|---|---|
| Prātaḥ Sandhyā | 05:09 – 06:07 |
| Abhijit Muhūrta | 11:28 – 12:14 |
| Vijaya Muhūrta | 13:46 – 14:32 |
| Godhūli Muhūrta | 17:24 – 17:48 |
| Sāyāhna Sandhyā | 17:36 – 18:05 |
| Amṛta Kāla | 17:21 – 19:06 |
| Niśīta Muhūrta | 23:28 – 00:14 |
⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)
| Rāhu Kāla | 08:59 – 10:25 |
|---|---|
| Yamaganda | 13:17 – 14:44 |
| Gulika Kāla | 06:07 – 07:33 |
| Varjyam | 06:35 – 06:54 |
| Dur Muhūrta | 08:47 – 09:10 |
🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa
Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (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 · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara
🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows
| Day-1 Kāla | 06:07 – 07:33 (inauspicious) |
|---|---|
| Day-2 Śubha | 07:33 – 08:59 (auspicious) |
| Day-3 Roga | 08:59 – 10:25 (inauspicious) |
| Day-4 Udveg | 10:25 – 11:51 (inauspicious) |
| Day-5 Chala | 11:51 – 13:17 (neutral) |
| Day-6 Labha | 13:17 – 14:44 (auspicious) |
| Day-7 Amṛta | 14:44 – 16:10 (auspicious) |
| Day-8 Kāla | 16:10 – 17:36 (inauspicious) |
Choghaḍiyā Night Windows
| Night-1 Labha | 17:36 – 19:10 (auspicious) |
|---|---|
| Night-2 Amṛta | 19:10 – 20:44 (auspicious) |
| Night-3 Kāla | 20:44 – 22:17 (inauspicious) |
| Night-4 Śubha | 22:17 – 23:51 (auspicious) |
| Night-5 Roga | 23:51 – 01:25 (inauspicious) |
| Night-6 Udveg | 01:25 – 02:59 (inauspicious) |
| Night-7 Chala | 02:59 – 04:33 (neutral) |
| Night-8 Labha | 04:33 – 06:07 (auspicious) |
🌐 Coordinates
Latitude: 22.5958°
Longitude: 88.2636°
Timezone: UTC+5.5
🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.
🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance
Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Anurādhā alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09 — Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)
🌌 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 Year | 5061 · Kali-5061 |
|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch) | 1848519.27 · 5061.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight |
| Julian Day | 2436984.770833 · universal astronomical day-count |
| Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri) | 23.2961° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr |
| Sun-Moon angle (elongation) | 272.05° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 23/30) |
🪷 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 (23.2961°) · declination -11.33° · EoT -14.28 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:1960-02-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)