पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · February 26, 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 13.13 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
ज्ञेयं यत्तत्प्रवक्ष्यामि यज्ज्ञात्वाऽमृतमश्नुते।

अनादिमत्परं ब्रह्म न सत्तन्नासदुच्यते।।13.13।।
"13.13 I will speak to thee now of that great Truth which man ought to know, since by its means he will win immortal bliss - that which is without beginning, the Eternal Spirit which dwells in Me, neither with form, nor yet without it." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.13's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla 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)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Bhādrapadā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya313.33°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
चन्द्र Candra322.35°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala238.12°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
बुध Budha306.45°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati222.77°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
शुक्र Śukra269.92°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शनि Śani24.07°MeṣaBharaṇī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:02 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:39 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:50 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:33 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:20 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 37 Mins 01 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 22 Mins 59 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:29 – 05:16
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:04 – 06:02
Abhijit Muhūrta11:27 – 12:14
Vijaya Muhūrta13:47 – 14:33
Godhūli Muhūrta17:27 – 17:51
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:39 – 18:08
Amṛta Kāla17:24 – 19:09
Niśīta Muhūrta23:27 – 00:14

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:23 – 11:50
Yamaganda14:45 – 16:12
Gulika Kāla07:29 – 08:56
Varjyam06:31 – 06:50
Dur Muhūrta 08:45 – 09:08

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:02 – 07:29 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:29 – 08:56 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:56 – 10:23 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:23 – 11:50 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:50 – 13:18 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:18 – 14:45 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:45 – 16:12 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:12 – 17:39 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:39 – 19:12 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:12 – 20:45 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:45 – 22:18 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:18 – 23:50 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:50 – 01:23 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:23 – 02:56 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:56 – 04:29 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:29 – 06:02 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 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)1852543.27 · 5072.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2441008.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.4500° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)7.78° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 1/30)
🪷 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 -9.02° · EoT -13.55 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:1971-02-26 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)