पञ्चाङ्ग — Dhanbad, Jharkhand · August 20, 1996 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: सुब्रह्मण्य षष्ठी — Subrahmaṇya Ṣaṣṭhī
Worship of Kārttikeya as Subrahmaṇya.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.73 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाचनष्टो मोहः स्मृतिर्लब्धा त्वत्प्रसादान्मयाच्युत।स्थितोऽस्मि गतसन्देहः करिष्ये वचनं तव।।18.73।।
"18.73 Arjuna replied: My Lord! O Immutable One! My delusion has fled. By Thy Grace, O Changeless One, the light has dawned. My doubts are gone, and I stand before Thee ready to do Thy will."" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.73's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2053 Virodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1918 Dhātṛ
Bengali Saṁvat: 1403
Malayalam Era: 1172
Nanakshahi: 527
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya123.50°SiṃhaMaghā P2
चन्द्र Candra187.93°TulāSvātī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala82.98°MithunaPunarvasu P1
बुध Budha150.88°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati254.41°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra77.70°MithunaĀrdrā P4
शनि Śani342.71°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3

☀️ Dhanbad, Jharkhand — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:21 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:13 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:47 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:24 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:46 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 52 Mins 02 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 07 Mins 58 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:38 – 04:30
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:17 – 05:21
Abhijit Muhūrta11:22 – 12:13
Vijaya Muhūrta13:56 – 14:47
Godhūli Muhūrta18:01 – 18:25
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:13 – 18:46
Amṛta Kāla17:58 – 19:43
Niśīta Muhūrta23:22 – 00:13

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:00 – 16:37
Yamaganda08:34 – 10:11
Gulika Kāla11:47 – 13:24
Varjyam05:53 – 06:14
Dur Muhūrta 08:21 – 08:47

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga05:21 – 06:58 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg06:58 – 08:34 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:34 – 10:11 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:11 – 11:47 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:47 – 13:24 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:24 – 15:00 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:00 – 16:37 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:37 – 18:13 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:13 – 19:37 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:37 – 21:00 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:00 – 22:24 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:24 – 23:47 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:47 – 01:11 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:11 – 02:34 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:34 – 03:58 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla03:58 – 05:21 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 23.7957°
Longitude: 86.4304°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 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 Year5098 · Kali-5098
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1861850.27 · 5097.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450315.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8060° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)68.07° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 6/30)
🪷 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 (23.8060°) · declination 12.41° · EoT -3.05 min · verified ±1 min vs DrikpanchangLineage: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:1996-08-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)