पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · March 8, 1997 CE

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अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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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 4.33 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
श्रेयान्द्रव्यमयाद्यज्ञाज्ज्ञानयज्ञः परन्तप।

सर्वं कर्माखिलं पार्थ ज्ञाने परिसमाप्यते।।4.33।।
"4.33 The sacrifice of wisdom is superior to any material sacrifice, for, O Arjuna, the climax of action is always Realisation." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.33's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa 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)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Śakuni
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya323.69°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
चन्द्र Candra309.34°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala156.41°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
बुध Budha320.41°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati286.55°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
शुक्र Śukra317.34°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
शनि Śani343.60°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:53 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:44 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:48 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:06 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:36 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 50 Mins 46 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 09 Mins 14 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:18 – 05:06
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:54 – 05:53
Abhijit Muhūrta11:25 – 12:12
Vijaya Muhūrta13:47 – 14:34
Godhūli Muhūrta17:32 – 17:56
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:44 – 18:13
Amṛta Kāla17:29 – 19:14
Niśīta Muhūrta23:25 – 00:12

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:51 – 10:20
Yamaganda13:17 – 14:46
Gulika Kāla05:53 – 07:22
Varjyam06:23 – 06:42
Dur Muhūrta 08:39 – 09:03

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:53 – 07:22 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:22 – 08:51 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:51 – 10:20 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:20 – 11:48 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:48 – 13:17 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:17 – 14:46 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:46 – 16:15 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:15 – 17:44 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:44 – 19:15 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:15 – 20:46 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:46 – 22:17 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:17 – 23:48 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:48 – 01:20 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:20 – 02:51 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:51 – 04:22 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:22 – 05:53 (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 Year5098 · Kali-5098
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1862050.27 · 5098.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450515.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8136° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)346.56° · 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 (23.8136°) · declination -4.94° · EoT -11.53 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:1997-03-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)