पञ्चाङ्ग — Dhanbad, Jharkhand · August 18, 2007 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 13.16 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
बहिरन्तश्च भूतानामचरं चरमेव च।सूक्ष्मत्वात्तदविज्ञेयं दूरस्थं चान्तिके च तत्।।13.16।।
"13.16 It is within all beings, yet outside; motionless yet moving; too subtle to be perceived; far away yet always near." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.16's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2064 Śārvarī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1929 Sarvajit
Bengali Saṁvat: 1414
Malayalam Era: 1183
Nanakshahi: 538
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Citrā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya120.79°SiṃhaMaghā P1
चन्द्र Candra178.44°KanyāCitrā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala42.81°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
बुध Budha122.99°SiṃhaMaghā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati226.88°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
शुक्र Śukra120.75°SiṃhaMaghā P1
शनि Śani123.88°SiṃhaMaghā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:20 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:15 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:48 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:51 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:26 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 55 Mins 17 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 04 Mins 43 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:37 – 04:28
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:16 – 05:20
Abhijit Muhūrta11:22 – 12:14
Vijaya Muhūrta13:57 – 14:49
Godhūli Muhūrta18:03 – 18:27
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:15 – 18:48
Amṛta Kāla18:00 – 19:45
Niśīta Muhūrta23:22 – 00:14

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:34 – 10:11
Yamaganda13:25 – 15:02
Gulika Kāla05:20 – 06:57
Varjyam05:52 – 06:13
Dur Muhūrta 08:21 – 08:47

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mudgara (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 · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:20 – 06:57 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha06:57 – 08:34 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:34 – 10:11 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:11 – 11:48 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:48 – 13:25 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:25 – 15:02 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:02 – 16:39 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:39 – 18:15 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:15 – 19:39 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:39 – 21:02 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:02 – 22:25 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:25 – 23:48 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:48 – 01:11 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:11 – 02:34 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:34 – 03:57 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha03:57 – 05:20 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 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 Year5109 · Kali-5109
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1865865.27 · 5108.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2454330.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9595° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)60.64° · 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 (23.9595°) · declination 13.27° · EoT -3.53 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:2007-08-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)