पञ्चाङ्ग — Dhanbad, Jharkhand · July 9, 2017 CE

Also observed today

व्यास पूर्णिमा · Vyāsa Pūrṇimā (= Guru Pūrṇimā)Pan-Hindu
मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति · Mithuna SaṅkrāntiPan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 17.18 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga

सत्कारमानपूजार्थं तपो दम्भेन चैव यत्।क्रियते तदिह प्रोक्तं राजसं चलमध्रुवम्।।17.18।।

"17.18 Austerity coupled with hypocrisy or performed for the sake of self-glorification, popularity or vanity, comes from Passion, and its result is always doubtful and temporary." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 17.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa

Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī

Bengali Saṁvat: 1424

Malayalam Era: 1193

Nanakshahi: 548

Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)

Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)	Indra
करण (Karaṇa)	Bava
वार (Vāra)	Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	82.95°	Mithuna	Punarvasu P1
चन्द्र Candra	261.47°	Dhanu	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala	88.24°	Mithuna	Punarvasu P3
बुध Budha	101.11°	Karka	Puṣya P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati	170.01°	Kanyā	Hasta P4
शुक्र Śukra	40.09°	Vṛṣabha	Rohiṇī P1
शनि Śani	238.59°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	05:03 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	18:35 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:49 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	18:23 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	05:04 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	13 Hours 31 Mins 35 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	10 Hours 28 Mins 25 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	03:15 – 04:09
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	03:56 – 05:03
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:22 – 12:16
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:04 – 14:58
Godhūli Muhūrta	18:23 – 18:47
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	18:35 – 19:09
Amṛta Kāla	18:20 – 20:05
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:22 – 00:16

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	16:53 – 18:35
Yamaganda	11:49 – 13:31
Gulika Kāla	15:12 – 16:53
Varjyam	05:37 – 05:59
Dur Muhūrta	08:13 – 08:40

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)

Candra Vāsa: East

Rāhu Vāsa: North-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)

Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

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):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg	05:03 – 06:45 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala	06:45 – 08:26 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha	08:26 – 10:08 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta	10:08 – 11:49 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla	11:49 – 13:31 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha	13:31 – 15:12 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga	15:12 – 16:53 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg	16:53 – 18:35 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha	18:35 – 19:53 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga	19:53 – 21:12 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg	21:12 – 22:31 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala	22:31 – 23:49 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha	23:49 – 01:08 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta	01:08 – 02:26 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla	02:26 – 03:45 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha	03:45 – 05:03 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 23.7957°

Longitude: 86.4304°

Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Sūrya Walk (सूर्य यात्रा)

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Pūrva Āṣāḍhā alignment also occurred on:

-3137-10-04 — Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

-0562-04-11 — Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1869478.27
Julian Day	2457943.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.0977°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	178.88°

🪷 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 (24.0977°), declination 22.35°, EoT -4.83 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: 2017-07-09 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)