पञ्चाङ्ग — Howrah, West Bengal · February 28, 2010 CE

🪷 आज: होली — Holi (Phālguna Pūrṇimā)
Festival of colors; Holikā-dahana eve.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.28 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाच

कृपया परयाऽऽविष्टो विषीदन्निदमब्रवीत्।

दृष्ट्वेमं स्वजनं कृष्ण युयुत्सुं समुपस्थितम्।।1.28।।
"1.28 And his heart melted with pity and sadly he spoke: O my Lord! When I see all these, my own people, thirsting for battle," — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.28's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2067 Śobhana
Śaka Saṁvat: 1932 Vikṛti
Bengali Saṁvat: 1417
Malayalam Era: 1186
Nanakshahi: 541
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya315.34°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
चन्द्र Candra126.15°SiṃhaMaghā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala96.91°KarkaPuṣya P2
बुध Budha303.30°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati315.87°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
शुक्र Śukra326.56°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
शनि Śani158.72°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:00 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:40 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:50 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:52 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:35 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 40 Mins 14 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 19 Mins 46 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:27 – 05:13
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:02 – 06:00
Abhijit Muhūrta11:27 – 12:14
Vijaya Muhūrta13:47 – 14:34
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 Kāla16:13 – 17:40
Yamaganda11:50 – 13:18
Gulika Kāla14:45 – 16:13
Varjyam06:29 – 06:48
Dur Muhūrta 08:43 – 09:07

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mudgara (Inauspicious)
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):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:00 – 07:28 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:28 – 08:55 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:55 – 10:23 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:23 – 11:50 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:50 – 13:18 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:18 – 14:45 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:45 – 16:13 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:13 – 17:40 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:40 – 19:13 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:13 – 20:45 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:45 – 22:18 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:18 – 23:50 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:50 – 01:23 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:23 – 02:55 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:55 – 04:28 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:28 – 06:00 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 22.5958°
Longitude: 88.2636°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Maghā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5111
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866790.27
Julian Day2455255.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.9949°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)171.75°
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta
Method: Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equation
Tier-2 city localization: spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanamsa (23.9949°), declination -8.07°, EoT -13.22 min · verified ±1 min vs Drikpanchang
Lineage: Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate
Access: Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed
Computed for: 2010-02-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)