पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · February 23, 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.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 13.10 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
असक्ितरनभिष्वङ्गः पुत्रदारगृहादिषु।नित्यं च समचित्तत्वमिष्टानिष्टोपपत्तिषु।।13.10।।
"13.10 Indifference, non-attachment to sex, progeny or home, equanimity in good fortune and in bad;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.10'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 Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya310.31°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
चन्द्र Candra277.30°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala236.27°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
बुध Budha301.26°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati222.53°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
शुक्र Śukra266.48°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शनि Śani23.87°MeṣaBharaṇī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:04 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:38 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:51 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:11 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:07 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 33 Mins 15 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 26 Mins 45 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:32 – 05:18
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:07 – 06:04
Abhijit Muhūrta11:28 – 12:14
Vijaya Muhūrta13:46 – 14:33
Godhūli Muhūrta17:26 – 17:50
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:38 – 18:06
Amṛta Kāla17:23 – 19:08
Niśīta Muhūrta23:28 – 00:14

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:44 – 16:11
Yamaganda08:58 – 10:24
Gulika Kāla11:51 – 13:18
Varjyam06:33 – 06:52
Dur Muhūrta 08:46 – 09:09

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:04 – 07:31 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:31 – 08:58 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:58 – 10:24 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:24 – 11:51 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:51 – 13:18 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:18 – 14:44 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:44 – 16:11 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:11 – 17:38 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:38 – 19:11 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:11 – 20:44 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:44 – 22:18 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:18 – 23:51 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:51 – 01:24 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:24 – 02:58 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:58 – 04:31 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:31 – 06:04 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 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)1852540.27 · 5072.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2441005.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.4499° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)327.99° · 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 (23.4499°) · declination -10.13° · EoT -13.97 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:1971-02-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)