Mahā Śivarātri
Monday, 23 February 2009
From the pañchāṅga
By local reckoning this is kept on Sunday, 22 February or Monday, 23 February across the world, the date above is for your location.
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.
Monday, 23 February (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
- Calendrical Time
शालिवाहन शके १९३० · सर्वधारी संवत्सरे · उत्तरायणे · शिशि र ऋतौ
śālivāhana śake 1930 · Sarvadhārī saṁvatsare · Uttarāyaṇe · Śiśira ṛtau
- Astronomical Limb (Pañcāṅga) · पञ्चाङ्ग कालः
फाल्गुन मासे · कृष्ण पक्षे · चतुर्दशी तिथौ · सोम वासरे · श्रवण नक्षत्रे · वरीयस् योगे · विष्टि करणे
Phālguna māse · Kṛṣṇa pakṣe · Caturdaśī tithau · Soma vāsare · Śravaṇa nakṣatre · Varīyas yoge · Viṣṭi karaṇe
- Sacred Locality
जम्बूद्वीपे · भारतवर्षे*
jambū-dvīpe · bhārata-varṣe (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
8:07 AM – 9:35 AM
11:04 AM – 12:33 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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