पञ्चाङ्ग — Dhanbad, Jharkhand · March 16, 2015 CE

🪷 आज: पापमोचनी एकादशी — Pāpamocanī Ekādaśī
Removes mahā-pātakas (great sins).

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.54 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
भक्त्या त्वनन्यया शक्य अहमेवंविधोऽर्जुन।

ज्ञातुं दृष्टुं च तत्त्वेन प्रवेष्टुं च परंतप।।11.54।।
"11.54 Only by tireless devotion can I be seen and known; only thus can a man become one with Me, O Arjuna!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.54's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2072 Kīlaka
Śaka Saṁvat: 1937 Manmatha
Bengali Saṁvat: 1422
Malayalam Era: 1191
Nanakshahi: 546
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya331.06°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
चन्द्र Candra270.33°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala353.98°MīnaRevatī P3
बुध Budha310.12°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati108.62°KarkaAśleṣā P1
शुक्र Śukra4.06°MeṣaAśvinī P2
शनि Śani220.63°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:53 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:54 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:54 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:27 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:14 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 00 Mins 28 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 59 Mins 32 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:17 – 05:05
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:53 – 05:53
Abhijit Muhūrta11:30 – 12:18
Vijaya Muhūrta13:54 – 14:42
Godhūli Muhūrta17:42 – 18:06
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:54 – 18:24
Amṛta Kāla17:39 – 19:24
Niśīta Muhūrta23:30 – 00:18

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:23 – 08:54
Yamaganda10:24 – 11:54
Gulika Kāla13:24 – 14:54
Varjyam06:23 – 06:43
Dur Muhūrta 08:42 – 09:06

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Rākṣasa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta05:53 – 07:23 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:23 – 08:54 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:54 – 10:24 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:24 – 11:54 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:54 – 13:24 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:24 – 14:54 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:54 – 16:24 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:24 – 17:54 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:54 – 19:24 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:24 – 20:54 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:54 – 22:24 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:24 – 23:54 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:54 – 01:24 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:24 – 02:54 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:54 – 04:23 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:23 – 05:53 (neutral)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868632.27
Julian Day2457097.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0654°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)302.16°
🪷 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 (24.0654°), declination -1.93°, EoT -9.36 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: 2015-03-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)