पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · February 27, 2006 CE

🪷 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 18.46 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
यतः प्रवृत्तिर्भूतानां येन सर्वमिदं ततम्।स्वकर्मणा तमभ्यर्च्य सिद्धिं विन्दति मानवः।।18.46।।
"18.46 Man reaches perfection by dedicating his actions to God, Who is the source of all being, and fills everything." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.46's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2063 Vikāri
Śaka Saṁvat: 1928 Vyaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1413
Malayalam Era: 1182
Nanakshahi: 537
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)Śakuni
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya314.36°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
चन्द्र Candra300.32°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala40.59°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
बुध Budha331.81°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati205.50°TulāViśākhā P2
शुक्र Śukra271.17°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani101.50°KarkaPuṣya P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:01 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:40 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:50 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:14 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:34 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 38 Mins 56 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 21 Mins 04 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:28 – 05:14
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:03 – 06:01
Abhijit Muhūrta11:27 – 12:14
Vijaya Muhūrta13:47 – 14:33
Godhūli Muhūrta17:28 – 17:52
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:40 – 18:09
Amṛta Kāla17:25 – 19:10
Niśīta Muhūrta23:27 – 00:14

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:28 – 08:56
Yamaganda10:23 – 11:50
Gulika Kāla13:18 – 14:45
Varjyam06:30 – 06:49
Dur Muhūrta 08:44 – 09:07

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (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 Amṛta06:01 – 07:28 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:28 – 08:56 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:56 – 10:23 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:23 – 11:50 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:50 – 13:18 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:18 – 14:45 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:45 – 16:12 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:12 – 17:40 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:40 – 19:12 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:12 – 20:45 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:45 – 22:18 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:18 – 23:50 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:50 – 01:23 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:23 – 02:56 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:56 – 04:28 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:28 – 06:01 (neutral)

🌐 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 Year5107 · Kali-5107
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1865328.27 · 5107.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2453793.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9390° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)346.40° · 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 (23.9390°) · declination -8.46° · EoT -13.39 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:2006-02-27 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)