पञ्चाङ्ग — Dhanbad, Jharkhand · October 18, 2002 CE

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अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: तुलसी विवाह — Tulasī Vivāha
Marriage of Tulasī (Vṛndā) with Śālagrāma. Marks end of Cāturmāsya.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.23 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
यदि ह्यहं न वर्तेयं जातु कर्मण्यतन्द्रितः।

मम वर्त्मानुवर्तन्ते मनुष्याः पार्थ सर्वशः।।3.23।।
"3.23 For were I not to act without ceasing, O prince, people would be glad to do likewise." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.23's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2059 Manmatha
Śaka Saṁvat: 1924 Citrabhānu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1409
Malayalam Era: 1178
Nanakshahi: 533
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Bhādrapadā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vṛddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya180.60°TulāCitrā P3
चन्द्र Candra325.13°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala157.58°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
बुध Budha163.69°KanyāHasta P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati110.71°KarkaAśleṣā P2
शुक्र Śukra200.75°TulāViśākhā P1
शनि Śani65.07°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:42 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:16 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:29 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:12 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:02 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 33 Mins 35 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 26 Mins 25 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:10 – 04:56
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:44 – 05:42
Abhijit Muhūrta11:06 – 11:52
Vijaya Muhūrta13:24 – 14:11
Godhūli Muhūrta17:04 – 17:28
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:16 – 17:45
Amṛta Kāla17:01 – 18:46
Niśīta Muhūrta23:06 – 23:52

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:02 – 11:29
Yamaganda14:22 – 15:49
Gulika Kāla07:09 – 08:35
Varjyam06:11 – 06:29
Dur Muhūrta 08:24 – 08:47

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
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 · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:42 – 07:09 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:09 – 08:35 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:35 – 10:02 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:02 – 11:29 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:29 – 12:56 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga12:56 – 14:22 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:22 – 15:49 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala15:49 – 17:16 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:16 – 18:49 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg18:49 – 20:22 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:22 – 21:56 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha21:56 – 23:29 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:29 – 01:02 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:02 – 02:35 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:35 – 04:09 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:09 – 05:42 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 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 Year5104 · Kali-5104
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1864100.27 · 5103.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2452565.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8920° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)142.99° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 12/30)
🪷 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 (23.8920°) · declination -9.49° · EoT 15.40 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:2002-10-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)