पञ्चाङ्ग — Dhanbad, Jharkhand · September 23, 2017 CE

🕉️ Sapta-Mokṣa-Puri · Localize for your Pīṭha
अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.66 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga🪷 Carama-Śloka · The Supreme Verse
सर्वधर्मान्परित्यज्य मामेकं शरणं व्रज।अहं त्वा सर्वपापेभ्यो मोक्षयिष्यामि मा शुचः।।18.66।।
"18.66 Give up then thy earthly duties, surrender thyself to Me only. Do not be anxious; I will absolve thee from all thy sin." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.66's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Tṛtīyā (3/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya156.11°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
चन्द्र Candra189.73°TulāSvātī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala136.83°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
बुध Budha143.06°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati181.91°TulāCitrā P3
शुक्र Śukra129.33°SiṃhaMaghā P3
शनि Śani237.58°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:32 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:39 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:36 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:11 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:30 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 06 Mins 59 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 53 Mins 01 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:55 – 04:44
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:32 – 05:32
Abhijit Muhūrta11:12 – 12:00
Vijaya Muhūrta13:37 – 14:25
Godhūli Muhūrta17:27 – 17:51
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:39 – 18:10
Amṛta Kāla17:24 – 19:09
Niśīta Muhūrta23:12 – 00:00

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:34 – 10:05
Yamaganda13:07 – 14:38
Gulika Kāla05:32 – 07:03
Varjyam06:03 – 06:22
Dur Muhūrta 08:22 – 08:46

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:32 – 07:03 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:03 – 08:34 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:34 – 10:05 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:05 – 11:36 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:36 – 13:07 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:07 – 14:38 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:38 – 16:08 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:08 – 17:39 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:39 – 19:08 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:08 – 20:38 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:38 – 22:07 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:07 – 23:36 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:36 – 01:05 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:05 – 02:34 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:34 – 04:03 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:03 – 05:32 (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 Year5119 · Kali-5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869554.27 · 5118.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2458019.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.1006° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)35.98° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 3/30)
🪷 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 (24.1006°) · declination -0.09° · EoT 8.44 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:2017-09-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)