पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · February 15, 1971 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.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 13.2 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाचइदं शरीरं कौन्तेय क्षेत्रमित्यभिधीयते।एतद्यो वेत्ति तं प्राहुः क्षेत्रज्ञ इति तद्विदः।।13.2।।
"13.2 Lord Shri Krishna replied: O Arjuna! The body of man is the playground of the Self; and That which knows the activities of Matter, sages call the Self." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.2's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2028 Raktākṣī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1893 Virodhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1378
Malayalam Era: 1147
Nanakshahi: 502
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pañcamī (20/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Citrā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya302.25°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
चन्द्र Candra173.32°KanyāHasta P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala231.31°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
बुध Budha288.07°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati221.78°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
शुक्र Śukra257.38°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani23.41°MeṣaBharaṇī P4

☀️ 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)21:24 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:07 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 23 Mins 29 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 36 Mins 31 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 Kāla07:35 – 09:01
Yamaganda10:26 – 11:52
Gulika Kāla13:17 – 14:42
Varjyam06:38 – 06:56
Dur Muhūrta 08:49 – 09:12

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
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):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:10 – 07:35 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:35 – 09:01 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:01 – 10:26 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:26 – 11:52 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:52 – 13:17 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:17 – 14:42 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:42 – 16:08 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:08 – 17:33 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:33 – 19:08 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:08 – 20:42 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:42 – 22:17 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:17 – 23:52 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:52 – 01:26 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:26 – 03:01 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:01 – 04:35 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:35 – 06:10 (neutral)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 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 Year5072 · Kali-5072
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1852532.27 · 5072.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2440997.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.4496° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)234.94° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 20/30)
🪷 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 (23.4496°) · declination -12.95° · EoT -14.57 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:1971-02-15 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)