पञ्चाङ्ग — Dhanbad, Jharkhand · February 16, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.57 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
यः सर्वत्रानभिस्नेहस्तत्तत्प्राप्य शुभाशुभम्।

नाभिनन्दति न द्वेष्टि तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता।।2.57।।
"2.57 He who wherever he goes is attached to no person and to no place by ties of flesh; who accepts good and evil alike, neither welcoming the one nor shrinking from the other - take him to be one who is merged in the Infinite." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.57's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Rohiṇī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya302.71°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
चन्द्र Candra41.84°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala207.80°TulāViśākhā P3
बुध Budha278.39°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati146.15°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
शुक्र Śukra274.30°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani230.90°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:18 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:40 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:59 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:53 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:18 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 22 Mins 18 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 37 Mins 42 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:47 – 05:32
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:21 – 06:18
Abhijit Muhūrta11:36 – 12:22
Vijaya Muhūrta13:53 – 14:38
Godhūli Muhūrta17:28 – 17:52
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:40 – 18:08
Amṛta Kāla17:25 – 19:10
Niśīta Muhūrta23:36 – 00:22

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:49 – 16:15
Yamaganda09:08 – 10:34
Gulika Kāla11:59 – 13:24
Varjyam06:46 – 07:04
Dur Muhūrta 08:57 – 09:20

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Maitra (Auspicious)
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):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:18 – 07:43 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:43 – 09:08 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:08 – 10:34 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:34 – 11:59 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:59 – 13:24 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:24 – 14:49 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:49 – 16:15 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:15 – 17:40 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:40 – 19:15 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:15 – 20:49 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:49 – 22:24 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:24 – 23:59 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:59 – 01:34 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:34 – 03:08 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:08 – 04:43 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:43 – 06:18 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Navamī + Rohiṇī alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Rohiṇī)
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Śukla Navamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868969.27
Julian Day2457434.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0783°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)97.30°
🪷 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 (24.0783°), declination -12.58°, EoT -14.54 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: 2016-02-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)