पञ्चाङ्ग — Dhanbad, Jharkhand · October 10, 2014 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.1 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाच

किं तद्ब्रह्म किमध्यात्मं किं कर्म पुरुषोत्तम।

अधिभूतं च किं प्रोक्तमधिदैवं किमुच्यते।।8.1।।
"8.1 "Arjuna asked: O Lord of Lords! What is that which men call the Supreme Spirit, what is man's Spiritual Nature, and what is the Law? What is Matter and what is Divinity?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.1's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1421
Malayalam Era: 1190
Nanakshahi: 545
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā (17/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya172.60°KanyāHasta P4
चन्द्र Candra13.73°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala233.82°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
बुध Budha186.52°TulāCitrā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati112.63°KarkaAśleṣā P2
शुक्र Śukra168.45°KanyāHasta P3
शनि Śani207.12°TulāViśākhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:38 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:23 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:31 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:27 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)07:23 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 44 Mins 08 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 15 Mins 52 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:05 – 04:52
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:40 – 05:38
Abhijit Muhūrta11:07 – 11:54
Vijaya Muhūrta13:28 – 14:15
Godhūli Muhūrta17:11 – 17:35
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:23 – 17:52
Amṛta Kāla17:08 – 18:53
Niśīta Muhūrta23:07 – 23:54

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:03 – 11:31
Yamaganda14:27 – 15:55
Gulika Kāla07:06 – 08:35
Varjyam06:08 – 06:27
Dur Muhūrta 08:23 – 08:46

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mausala (Inauspicious)
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):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:38 – 07:06 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:06 – 08:35 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:35 – 10:03 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:03 – 11:31 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:31 – 12:59 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga12:59 – 14:27 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:27 – 15:55 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala15:55 – 17:23 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:23 – 18:55 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg18:55 – 20:27 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:27 – 21:59 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha21:59 – 23:31 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:31 – 01:03 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:03 – 02:35 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:35 – 04:06 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:06 – 05:38 (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

Kali Year5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868475.27
Julian Day2456940.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0594°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)201.98°
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta
Method: Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equation
Tier-2 city localization: spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanamsa (24.0594°), declination -6.55°, EoT 13.74 min · verified ±1 min vs Drikpanchang
Lineage: Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate
Access: Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed
Computed for: 2014-10-10 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)