पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · February 14, 1997 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 4.11 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
ये यथा मां प्रपद्यन्ते तांस्तथैव भजाम्यहम्।

मम वर्त्मानुवर्तन्ते मनुष्याः पार्थ सर्वशः।।4.11।।
"4.11 Howsoever men try to worship Me, so do I welcome them. By whatever path they travel, it leads to Me at last." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.11's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2054 Vikṛti
Śaka Saṁvat: 1919 Īśvara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1404
Malayalam Era: 1173
Nanakshahi: 528
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Saptamī (7/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya301.57°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
चन्द्र Candra27.51°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala161.65°KanyāHasta P1
बुध Budha283.36°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati281.70°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
शुक्र Śukra289.85°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
शनि Śani341.09°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:10 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:33 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:52 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:01 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:09 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 23 Mins 08 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 36 Mins 52 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:39 – 05:24
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:13 – 06:10
Abhijit Muhūrta11:29 – 12:14
Vijaya Muhūrta13:45 – 14:31
Godhūli Muhūrta17:21 – 17:45
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:33 – 18:02
Amṛta Kāla17:18 – 19:03
Niśīta Muhūrta23:29 – 00:14

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:26 – 11:52
Yamaganda14:42 – 16:08
Gulika Kāla07:35 – 09:01
Varjyam06:38 – 06:57
Dur Muhūrta 08:49 – 09:12

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mausala (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (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):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:10 – 07:35 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:35 – 09:01 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:01 – 10:26 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:26 – 11:52 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:52 – 13:17 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:17 – 14:42 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:42 – 16:08 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:08 – 17:33 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:33 – 19:08 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:08 – 20:42 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:42 – 22:17 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:17 – 23:52 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:52 – 01:26 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:26 – 03:01 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:01 – 04:35 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:35 – 06:10 (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 Year5098 · Kali-5098
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1862028.27 · 5098.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450493.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8128° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)82.72° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 7/30)
🪷 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 (23.8128°) · declination -13.06° · EoT -14.59 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:1997-02-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)