पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · February 8, 1994 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: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 12.4 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
संनियम्येन्द्रियग्रामं सर्वत्र समबुद्धयः।ते प्राप्नुवन्ति मामेव सर्वभूतहिते रताः।।12.4।।
"12.4 Subduing their senses, viewing all conditions of life with the same eye, and working for the welfare of all beings, assuredly they come to Me." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.4's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2051 Sarvajit
Śaka Saṁvat: 1916 Bhāva
Bengali Saṁvat: 1401
Malayalam Era: 1170
Nanakshahi: 525
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Siddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya295.27°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
चन्द्र Candra264.53°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala284.79°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
बुध Budha312.96°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati200.26°TulāViśākhā P1
शुक्र Śukra300.63°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
शनि Śani307.38°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:13 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:29 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:51 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:25 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:12 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 15 Mins 53 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 44 Mins 07 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:43 – 05:28
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:17 – 06:13
Abhijit Muhūrta11:29 – 12:14
Vijaya Muhūrta13:44 – 14:29
Godhūli Muhūrta17:17 – 17:41
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:29 – 17:57
Amṛta Kāla17:14 – 18:59
Niśīta Muhūrta23:29 – 00:14

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:40 – 16:05
Yamaganda09:02 – 10:27
Gulika Kāla11:51 – 13:16
Varjyam06:42 – 07:00
Dur Muhūrta 08:51 – 09:14

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhātṛ (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:13 – 07:38 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:38 – 09:02 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:02 – 10:27 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:27 – 11:51 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:51 – 13:16 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:16 – 14:40 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:40 – 16:05 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:05 – 17:29 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:29 – 19:05 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:05 – 20:40 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:40 – 22:16 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:16 – 23:51 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:51 – 01:27 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:27 – 03:02 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:02 – 04:38 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:38 – 06:13 (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 Year5095 · Kali-5095
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1860926.27 · 5095.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2449391.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.7706° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)329.96° · 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 (23.7706°) · declination -15.11° · EoT -14.45 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:1994-02-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)