पञ्चाङ्ग — Oṁkāreśvar · February 19, 2021 CE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 14.8 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
तमस्त्वज्ञानजं विद्धि मोहनं सर्वदेहिनाम्।प्रमादालस्यनिद्राभिस्तन्निबध्नाति भारत।।14.8।।
"14.8 But Ignorance, the product of darkness, stupefies the senses in all embodied beings, binding them by chains of folly, indolence and lethargy." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2078 Ānanda
Śaka Saṁvat: 1943 Plava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1428
Malayalam Era: 1197
Nanakshahi: 552
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Saptamī (7/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Kṛttikā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya306.46°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
चन्द्र Candra28.43°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala28.10°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
बुध Budha286.79°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati290.16°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
शुक्र Śukra297.46°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
शनि Śani283.23°MakaraŚravaṇa P1

Oṁkāreśvar — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:55 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:25 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:40 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:34 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:42 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 30 Mins 01 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 29 Mins 59 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:23 – 06:09
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:57 – 06:55
Abhijit Muhūrta12:17 – 13:03
Vijaya Muhūrta14:35 – 15:21
Godhūli Muhūrta18:13 – 18:37
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:25 – 18:54
Amṛta Kāla18:10 – 19:55
Niśīta Muhūrta00:17 – 01:03

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:14 – 12:40
Yamaganda15:32 – 16:59
Gulika Kāla08:21 – 09:47
Varjyam07:24 – 07:42
Dur Muhūrta 09:36 – 09:59

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:55 – 08:21 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:21 – 09:47 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:47 – 11:14 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:14 – 12:40 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:40 – 14:06 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:06 – 15:32 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:32 – 16:59 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:59 – 18:25 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:25 – 19:59 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:59 – 21:32 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:32 – 23:06 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:06 – 00:40 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:40 – 02:14 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:14 – 03:47 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:47 – 05:21 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:21 – 06:55 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 22.2429°
Longitude: 76.1497°
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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Saptamī + Kṛttikā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Kṛttikā)
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Kṛttikā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5122
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870799.27
Julian Day2459264.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1483°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)83.61°
🪷 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 (24.1483°), declination -11.26°, EoT -14.37 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: 2021-02-19 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)