पञ्चाङ्ग — Dhanbad, Jharkhand · October 24, 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: तुला सङ्क्रान्ति — Tulā Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Libra.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.13 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
देहिनोऽस्मिन्यथा देहे कौमारं यौवनं जरा।

तथा देहान्तरप्राप्तिर्धीरस्तत्र न मुह्यति।।2.13।।
"2.13 As the soul experiences in this body infancy, youth and old age, so finally it passes into another. The wise have no delusion about this." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.13's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2053 Virodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1918 Dhātṛ
Bengali Saṁvat: 1403
Malayalam Era: 1172
Nanakshahi: 527
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya187.10°TulāSvātī P1
चन्द्र Candra334.01°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala122.70°SiṃhaMaghā P1
बुध Budha181.11°TulāCitrā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati257.87°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शुक्र Śukra149.72°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
शनि Śani338.13°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:46 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:11 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:28 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:15 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:17 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 25 Mins 13 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 34 Mins 47 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:14 – 05:00
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:48 – 05:46
Abhijit Muhūrta11:05 – 11:51
Vijaya Muhūrta13:22 – 14:08
Godhūli Muhūrta16:59 – 17:23
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:11 – 17:39
Amṛta Kāla16:56 – 18:41
Niśīta Muhūrta23:05 – 23:51

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:54 – 14:19
Yamaganda05:46 – 07:11
Gulika Kāla08:37 – 10:02
Varjyam06:14 – 06:32
Dur Muhūrta 08:25 – 08:48

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:46 – 07:11 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:11 – 08:37 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:37 – 10:02 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:02 – 11:28 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:28 – 12:54 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta12:54 – 14:19 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:19 – 15:45 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha15:45 – 17:11 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:11 – 18:45 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla18:45 – 20:19 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:19 – 21:54 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga21:54 – 23:28 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:28 – 01:02 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:02 – 02:37 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:37 – 04:11 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:11 – 05:46 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 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)1861915.27 · 5097.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450380.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8085° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)148.57° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 13/30)
🪷 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 (23.8085°) · declination -11.79° · EoT 16.15 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:1996-10-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)