पञ्चाङ्ग — Dhanbad, Jharkhand · April 8, 2016 CE

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मीन सङ्क्रान्ति · Mīna SaṅkrāntiPan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 3.37 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga

श्री भगवानुवाच

काम एष क्रोध एष रजोगुणसमुद्भवः।

महाशनो महापाप्मा विद्ध्येनमिह वैरिणम्।।3.37।।

"3.37 Lord Shri Krishna: It is desire, it is aversion, born of passion. Desire consumes and corrupts everything. It is man's greatest enemy." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 3.37's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya

Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi

Bengali Saṁvat: 1423

Malayalam Era: 1192

Nanakshahi: 547

Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)

Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Aśvinī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)	Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)	Bava
वार (Vāra)	Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	354.56°	Mīna	Revatī P3
चन्द्र Candra	2.72°	Meṣa	Aśvinī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala	224.06°	Vṛścika	Anurādhā P4
बुध Budha	9.50°	Meṣa	Aśvinī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati	139.96°	Siṃha	Pūrva Phalgunī P2
शुक्र Śukra	338.63°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P2
शनि Śani	231.97°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	05:30 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	18:03 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:46 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	05:58 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	18:40 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	12 Hours 33 Mins 17 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	11 Hours 26 Mins 43 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	03:49 – 04:40
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	04:27 – 05:30
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:21 – 12:12
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:52 – 14:42
Godhūli Muhūrta	17:51 – 18:15
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	18:03 – 18:34
Amṛta Kāla	17:48 – 19:33
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:21 – 00:12

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	10:12 – 11:46
Yamaganda	14:55 – 16:29
Gulika Kāla	07:04 – 08:38
Varjyam	06:01 – 06:21
Dur Muhūrta	08:26 – 08:51

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)

Candra Vāsa: East

Rāhu Vāsa: South-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)

Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala	05:30 – 07:04 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha	07:04 – 08:38 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta	08:38 – 10:12 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla	10:12 – 11:46 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha	11:46 – 13:21 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga	13:21 – 14:55 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg	14:55 – 16:29 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala	16:29 – 18:03 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga	18:03 – 19:29 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg	19:29 – 20:55 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala	20:55 – 22:21 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha	22:21 – 23:46 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta	23:46 – 01:12 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla	01:12 – 02:38 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha	02:38 – 04:04 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga	04:04 – 05:30 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 23.7957°

Longitude: 86.4304°

Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Śukra Walk (शुक्र यात्रा)

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pratipada + Aśvinī alignment also occurred on:

-3101-02-18 — Kali Yuga Epoch (same Aśvinī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1869021.27
Julian Day	2457486.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.0803°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	7.17°

🪷 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 (24.0803°), declination 7.30°, EoT -2.19 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: 2016-04-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)