पञ्चाङ्ग — Dhanbad, Jharkhand · October 16, 1997 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: शरद पूर्णिमा — Śarad Pūrṇimā / Kojāgarī Pūrṇimā
Krishna's Mahā-rāsa with the gopīs at Vṛndāvana. Lakṣmī wakes ("ko jāgartti?")

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.3 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
एवमेतद्यथात्थ त्वमात्मानं परमेश्वर।

द्रष्टुमिच्छामि ते रूपमैश्वरं पुरुषोत्तम।।11.3।।
"11.3 I believe all as Thou hast declared it. I long now to have a vision of thy Divine Form, O Thou Most High!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.3's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2054 Vikṛti
Śaka Saṁvat: 1919 Īśvara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1404
Malayalam Era: 1173
Nanakshahi: 528
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya178.90°KanyāCitrā P2
चन्द्र Candra357.29°MīnaRevatī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala228.36°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
बुध Budha180.36°TulāCitrā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati288.37°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
शुक्र Śukra224.78°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
शनि Śani352.57°MīnaRevatī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:41 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:17 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:29 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:06 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:40 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 35 Mins 56 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 24 Mins 04 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:08 – 04:55
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:43 – 05:41
Abhijit Muhūrta11:06 – 11:52
Vijaya Muhūrta13:25 – 14:12
Godhūli Muhūrta17:05 – 17:29
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:17 – 17:46
Amṛta Kāla17:02 – 18:47
Niśīta Muhūrta23:06 – 23:52

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:56 – 14:23
Yamaganda05:41 – 07:08
Gulika Kāla08:35 – 10:02
Varjyam06:10 – 06:29
Dur Muhūrta 08:24 – 08:47

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

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

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:41 – 07:08 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:08 – 08:35 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:35 – 10:02 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:02 – 11:29 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:29 – 12:56 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta12:56 – 14:23 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:23 – 15:50 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha15:50 – 17:17 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:17 – 18:50 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla18:50 – 20:23 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:23 – 21:56 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga21:56 – 23:29 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:29 – 01:02 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:02 – 02:35 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:35 – 04:08 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:08 – 05:41 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Revatī alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

🌌 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 Year5099 · Kali-5099
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1862272.27 · 5098.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450737.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8221° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)179.37° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 15/30)
🪷 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 (23.8221°) · declination -8.84° · EoT 15.05 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:1997-10-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)