पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · February 24, 1971 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 13.11 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
मयि चानन्ययोगेन भक्ितरव्यभिचारिणी।विविक्तदेशसेवित्वमरतिर्जनसंसदि।।13.11।।
"13.11 Unswerving devotion to Me, by concentration on Me and Me alone, a love for solitude, indifference to social life;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.11'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 Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya311.32°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
चन्द्र Candra292.07°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala236.89°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
बुध Budha302.97°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati222.62°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
शुक्र Śukra267.62°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शनि Śani23.94°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)04:59 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:09 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 34 Mins 30 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 25 Mins 30 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:31 – 05:17
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:06 – 06:04
Abhijit Muhūrta11:28 – 12:14
Vijaya Muhūrta13:47 – 14:33
Godhūli Muhūrta17:26 – 17:50
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:38 – 18:07
Amṛta Kāla17:23 – 19:08
Niśīta Muhūrta23:28 – 00:14

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:51 – 13:18
Yamaganda07:30 – 08:57
Gulika Kāla10:24 – 11:51
Varjyam06:32 – 06:51
Dur Muhūrta 08:46 – 09:09

🧭 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 Labha06:04 – 07:30 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:30 – 08:57 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:57 – 10:24 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:24 – 11:51 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:51 – 13:18 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:18 – 14:44 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:44 – 16:11 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:11 – 17:38 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:38 – 19:11 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:11 – 20:44 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:44 – 22:18 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:18 – 23:51 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:51 – 01:24 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:24 – 02:57 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:57 – 04:30 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:30 – 06:04 (inauspicious)

🌐 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 Year5072 · Kali-5072
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1852541.27 · 5072.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2441006.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.4500° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)341.02° · 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 (23.4500°) · declination -9.76° · EoT -13.84 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:1971-02-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)