पञ्चाङ्ग — Dhanbad, Jharkhand · October 18, 2009 CE

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🪷 आज: दीपावली — Dīpāvalī (Diwali)
Lakshmi-Pūjā night; festival of lights; Rāma's return to Ayodhyā.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 17.1 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाचये शास्त्रविधिमुत्सृज्य यजन्ते श्रद्धयाऽन्विताः।तेषां निष्ठा तु का कृष्ण सत्त्वमाहो रजस्तमः।।17.1।।
"17.1 "Arjuna asked: My Lord! Those who do acts of sacrifice, not according to the scriptures but nevertheless with implicit faith, what is their condition? Is it one of Purity, of Passion or of Ignorance?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 17.1's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2066 Śubhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1931 Virodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1416
Malayalam Era: 1185
Nanakshahi: 540
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā (30/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Citrā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Nāga
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya180.80°TulāCitrā P3
चन्द्र Candra178.36°KanyāCitrā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala96.56°KarkaPuṣya P1
बुध Budha168.25°KanyāHasta P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati293.53°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
शुक्र Śukra159.75°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
शनि Śani154.46°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:42 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:15 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:29 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:32 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:06 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 33 Mins 11 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 26 Mins 49 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:10 – 04:56
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:45 – 05:42
Abhijit Muhūrta11:06 – 11:52
Vijaya Muhūrta13:24 – 14:11
Godhūli Muhūrta17:03 – 17:27
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:15 – 17:44
Amṛta Kāla17:00 – 18:45
Niśīta Muhūrta23:06 – 23:52

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:49 – 17:15
Yamaganda11:29 – 12:56
Gulika Kāla14:22 – 15:49
Varjyam06:11 – 06:30
Dur Muhūrta 08:24 – 08:47

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (Auspicious)
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 · 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 Udveg05:42 – 07:09 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:09 – 08:36 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:36 – 10:02 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:02 – 11:29 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:29 – 12:56 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha12:56 – 14:22 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:22 – 15:49 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:49 – 17:15 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:15 – 18:49 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:49 – 20:22 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:22 – 21:56 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala21:56 – 23:29 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:29 – 01:02 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:02 – 02:36 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:36 – 04:09 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:09 – 05:42 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā + Citrā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā)

🌌 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 Year5111 · Kali-5111
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866657.27 · 5110.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2455122.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9898° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)359.45° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 30/30)
🪷 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 (23.9898°) · declination -9.60° · 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:2009-10-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)