पञ्चाङ्ग — Kathmandu, Nepal · February 28, 2014 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: 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 2.40 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
नेहाभिक्रमनाशोऽस्ति प्रत्यवायो न विद्यते।

स्वल्पमप्यस्य धर्मस्य त्रायते महतो भयात्।।2.40।।
"2.40 On this Path, endeavour is never wasted, nor can it ever be repressed. Even a very little of its practice protects one from great danger." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.40's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1421
Malayalam Era: 1190
Nanakshahi: 545
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Śakuni
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya315.31°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
चन्द्र Candra297.16°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala183.19°TulāCitrā P3
बुध Budha293.93°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati75.80°MithunaĀrdrā P3
शुक्र Śukra271.00°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani209.01°TulāViśākhā P3

☀️ Kathmandu, Nepal — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · NPT)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:30 NPT
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:04 NPT
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:17 NPT
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:33 NPT
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:36 NPT
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 33 Mins 30 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 26 Mins 30 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:58 – 05:44
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:32 – 06:30
Abhijit Muhūrta11:54 – 12:40
Vijaya Muhūrta14:13 – 14:59
Godhūli Muhūrta17:52 – 18:16
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:04 – 18:33
Amṛta Kāla17:49 – 19:34
Niśīta Muhūrta23:54 – 00:40

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:50 – 12:17
Yamaganda15:10 – 16:37
Gulika Kāla07:57 – 09:24
Varjyam06:59 – 07:18
Dur Muhūrta 09:12 – 09:35

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Tropical 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):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:30 – 07:57 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:57 – 09:24 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:24 – 10:50 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:50 – 12:17 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:17 – 13:44 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:44 – 15:10 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:10 – 16:37 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:37 – 18:04 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:04 – 19:37 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:37 – 21:10 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:10 – 22:44 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:44 – 00:17 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:17 – 01:50 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:50 – 03:24 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:24 – 04:57 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:57 – 06:30 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 27.7172°
Longitude: 85.324°
Timezone: UTC+5.75

🚶 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 Year5115 · Kali-5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868251.27 · 5115.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2456716.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0508° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)343.49° · 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 (24.0508°) · declination -8.06° · EoT -13.22 min · city civil-time localizationLineage: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:2014-02-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)