Mahā Śivarātri
Sunday, 16 February 2273
From the pañchāṅga
How to keep the fast
A day-long fast and an all-night vigil (jāgaraṇa), the liṅga bathed and worshipped through the four praharas (watches) of the night with the chanting of “Oṁ Namaḥ Śivāya”.
Breaking the fast, Broken the next morning, after sunrise, following the night’s worship.
Kumbha Saṅkrānti
The Sun enters Kumbha
Sunday, 16 February 2273
The Sun crosses at 12:30 PM, your local time
The Sun enters Kumbha (Aquarius), opening the Kumbha month, a time of bathing-pilgrimage; the Māgha Melā falls in this period.
What is done, A day for a bath in sacred water and dāna (charity) during the puṇya kāla, the auspicious window around the transit.
Pradoṣa
Sacred to Śiva
Sunday, 16 February 2273
From the pañchāṅga
The waning Trayodaśī twilight sacred to Śiva. Worship is offered in the pradoṣa-kāla around sunset, when Śiva is said to dance between the horns of the evening.
How to keep the fast
A fast is kept through the day; Śiva is worshipped in the pradoṣa-kāla, the hour and a half around sunset, when he is said to dance between the horns of the evening.
Breaking the fast, Broken after the pradoṣa-kāla (sunset) worship.
Sunday, 16 February 2273 (today, in the ancient reckoning)
- Cosmic Time
अद्य · श्वेतवराह कल्पे · वैवस्वत मन्वन्तरे · कलियुगे प्रथम पादे
adya · śveta-varāha kalpe · vaivasvata manvantare · kali-yuge prathama pāde
In Śveta-varāha kalpa, Vaivasvata manvantara, and the first quarter of Kali-yuga, in the eternal presence of the Supreme Lord...
- Calendrical Time
शालिवाहन शके २१९४ · परिधावी संवत्सरे · उत्तरायणे · शिशिर ऋतौ
śālivāhana śake 2194 · Paridhāvin saṁvatsare · Uttarāyaṇe · Śiśira ṛtau
In the sacred cycle of the Śaka era, current Jovian year (Saṁvatsara), solar transit (Ayana), and season (Ṛtu)...
- Astronomical Limb (Pañcāṅga) · पञ्चाङ्ग कालः
फाल्गुन मासे · कृष्ण पक्षे · त्रयोदशी तिथौ · भानु वासरे · उत्तराषाढा नक्षत्रे · सिद्धि योगे · गर करणे
Phālguna māse · Kṛṣṇa pakṣe · Trayodaśī tithau · Bhānu vāsare · Uttarāṣāḍhā nakṣatre · Siddhi yoge · Gara karaṇe
In this sacred lunar month, fortnight, lunar day, weekday, birth star, yoga, and karaṇa...
- Sacred Locality
जम्बूद्वीपे · भारतवर्षे*
jambū-dvīpe · bhārata-varṣe (India)
In Jambūdvīpa, the sacred land of Bhāratavarṣa (India)...
*The locality lines (jambū-dvīpe bhārata-varṣe): India is shown by default; spoken aloud you substitute your own region and town.
What You Just Read: The Three Frames of Time
The saṅkalpa places the moment in three nested dimensions—cosmic, calendrical, and astronomical—so the seeker knows exactly when and where they stand in eternity.
Cosmic Time (Eternal Scale)
Cosmic time doesn’t change with where you read this. Śveta-varāha is the present kalpa (~4.32 billion years). Vaivasvata is the current manvantara. Kali-yuga prathama pāda places us in the first quarter of the dark age. Identical whether recited in Bengaluru, Mumbai, London, or New York.
Calendrical Time (Solar & Seasonal Cycles)
Calendrical time tracks the present era and season: the Śaka era (from 78 CE), the 60-year Jovian saṁvatsara cycle, Uttarāyaṇa or Dakṣiṇāyana (solar transit), and the bi-monthly ṛtu (season).
Astronomical Time (The Five Limbs of Pañchāṅga)
Astronomical time is the immediate daily rhythm: māsa (lunar month), pakṣa (fortnight), tithi (lunar day), vāra (solar weekday), nakṣatra (moon constellation), yoga, and karaṇa.
Local Sunrise Reckoning & Daily Purpose
All values above are calculated for your local sunrise. The day traditionally belongs to whichever tithi prevailed at sunrise.
The saṅkalpa is the daily (nitya) opening of sacred life. Recited each morning, it re-anchors you in awareness of eternity and dedicates your actions with resolve.
Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas
4:57 PM – 6:25 PM
12:33 PM – 2:01 PM
12:09 PM – 12:57 PM
Bearings indicate horizon degrees. Rāhu and Yamagaṇḍa are avoided for new auspicious beginnings; Abhijit is the midday victory window.
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