पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · March 5, 1981 CE

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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 18.34 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
यया तु धर्मकामार्थान् धृत्या धारयतेऽर्जुन।प्रसङ्गेन फलाकाङ्क्षी धृतिः सा पार्थ राजसी।।18.34।।
"18.34 The conviction which always holds fast to rituals, to self-interest and wealth, for the sake of what they may bring forth - that comes from Passion." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.34'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 Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya320.79°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
चन्द्र Candra302.22°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala327.26°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
बुध Budha296.93°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati164.56°KanyāHasta P2
शुक्र Śukra312.70°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
शनि Śani164.29°KanyāHasta P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:56 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:43 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:49 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:54 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:16 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 46 Mins 43 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 13 Mins 17 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:22 – 05:09
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:57 – 05:56
Abhijit Muhūrta11:26 – 12:13
Vijaya Muhūrta13:47 – 14:34
Godhūli Muhūrta17:31 – 17:55
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:43 – 18:12
Amṛta Kāla17:28 – 19:13
Niśīta Muhūrta23:26 – 00:13

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:18 – 14:46
Yamaganda05:56 – 07:24
Gulika Kāla08:52 – 10:21
Varjyam06:25 – 06:44
Dur Muhūrta 08:41 – 09:04

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (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):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:56 – 07:24 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:24 – 08:52 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:52 – 10:21 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:21 – 11:49 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:49 – 13:18 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:18 – 14:46 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:46 – 16:14 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:14 – 17:43 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:43 – 19:14 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:14 – 20:46 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:46 – 22:18 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:18 – 23:49 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:49 – 01:21 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:21 – 02:52 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:52 – 04:24 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:24 – 05:56 (auspicious)

🌐 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 Year5082 · Kali-5082
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1856203.27 · 5082.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2444668.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.5900° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)340.80° · 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 (23.5900°) · declination -6.15° · EoT -12.23 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:1981-03-05 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)