पञ्चाङ्ग — Dhanbad, Jharkhand · April 9, 2016 CE

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अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: मीन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mīna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Pisces; Mīna-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.38 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
धूमेनाव्रियते वह्निर्यथाऽऽदर्शो मलेन च।

यथोल्बेनावृतो गर्भस्तथा तेनेदमावृतम्।।3.38।।
"3.38 As fire is shrouded in smoke, a mirror by dust and a child by the womb, so is the universe enveloped in desire." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.38'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 (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvitīyā (2/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya355.54°MīnaRevatī P3
चन्द्र Candra17.93°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala224.17°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
बुध Budha11.28°MeṣaAśvinī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati139.88°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
शुक्र Śukra339.86°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
शनि Śani231.94°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:29 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:03 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:46 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:45 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:46 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 34 Mins 38 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 25 Mins 22 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:48 – 04:39
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:26 – 05:29
Abhijit Muhūrta11:21 – 12:11
Vijaya Muhūrta13:52 – 14:42
Godhūli Muhūrta17:51 – 18:15
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:03 – 18:35
Amṛta Kāla17:48 – 19:33
Niśīta Muhūrta23:21 – 00:11

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:38 – 10:12
Yamaganda13:21 – 14:55
Gulika Kāla05:29 – 07:03
Varjyam06:00 – 06:20
Dur Muhūrta 08:25 – 08:50

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (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):
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 Kāla05:29 – 07:03 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:03 – 08:38 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:38 – 10:12 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:12 – 11:46 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:46 – 13:21 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:21 – 14:55 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:55 – 16:29 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:29 – 18:03 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:03 – 19:29 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:29 – 20:55 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:55 – 22:21 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:21 – 23:46 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:46 – 01:12 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:12 – 02:38 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:38 – 04:03 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:03 – 05:29 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 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 Year5117 · Kali-5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869022.27 · 5117.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457487.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0803° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)20.70° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 2/30)
🪷 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 (24.0803°) · declination 7.68° · EoT -1.90 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:2016-04-09 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)