पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · February 23, 1981 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 18.24 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
यत्तु कामेप्सुना कर्म साहङ्कारेण वा पुनः।क्रियते बहुलायासं तद्राजसमुदाहृतम्।।18.24।।
"18.24 But even though an action involve the most strenuous endeavour, yet if the doer is seeking to gratify his desires, and is filled with personal vanity, it may be assumed to originate in Passion." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.24's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2038 Bhāva
Śaka Saṁvat: 1903 Durmati
Bengali Saṁvat: 1388
Malayalam Era: 1157
Nanakshahi: 512
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)Gaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya310.75°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
चन्द्र Candra176.99°KanyāCitrā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala319.40°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
बुध Budha299.61°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati165.54°KanyāHasta P2
शुक्र Śukra300.21°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
शनि Śani164.91°KanyāHasta P2

☀️ 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)21:07 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:45 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 33 Mins 58 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 26 Mins 02 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:31 – 05:18
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 Kāla07:31 – 08:57
Yamaganda10:24 – 11:51
Gulika Kāla13:18 – 14:44
Varjyam06:33 – 06:51
Dur Muhūrta 08:46 – 09:09

🧭 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) (Drik)
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 Amṛta06:04 – 07:31 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:31 – 08:57 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:57 – 10:24 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:24 – 11:51 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:51 – 13:18 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:18 – 14:44 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:44 – 16:11 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:11 – 17:38 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:38 – 19:11 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:11 – 20:44 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:44 – 22:18 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:18 – 23:51 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:51 – 01:24 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:24 – 02:57 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:57 – 04:31 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:31 – 06:04 (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 Year5082 · Kali-5082
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1856193.27 · 5082.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2444658.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.5896° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)229.02° · 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 (23.5896°) · declination -9.92° · 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:1981-02-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)