पञ्चाङ्ग — Dhanbad, Jharkhand · October 24, 2018 CE

🪷 आज: कार्तिक पूर्णिमा — Kārtika Pūrṇimā / Tripurī Pūrṇimā
Day Mahābhārata war began (4 Oct 3138 BCE). Śiva destroyed Tripurāsura.
Historical anchor: Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (Kurukṣetra) — -3137-10-04 →

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 10.12 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाच

परं ब्रह्म परं धाम पवित्रं परमं भवान्।

पुरुषं शाश्वतं दिव्यमादिदेवमजं विभुम्।।10.12।।
"10.12 Arjuna asked: Thou art the Supreme Spirit, the Eternal Home, the Holiest of the Holy, the Eternal Divine Self, the Primal God, the Unborn and the Omnipresent." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.12's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya186.46°TulāCitrā P4
चन्द्र Candra358.44°MīnaRevatī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala292.38°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
बुध Budha206.23°TulāViśākhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati212.49°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
शुक्र Śukra190.41°TulāSvātī P2
शनि Śani250.10°DhanuMūla P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:45 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:11 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:28 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:38 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:14 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 25 Mins 38 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 34 Mins 22 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:14 – 05:00
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:48 – 05:45
Abhijit Muhūrta11:05 – 11:51
Vijaya Muhūrta13:22 – 14:08
Godhūli Muhūrta16:59 – 17:23
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:11 – 17:40
Amṛta Kāla16:56 – 18:41
Niśīta Muhūrta23:05 – 23:51

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:28 – 12:54
Yamaganda07:11 – 08:37
Gulika Kāla10:02 – 11:28
Varjyam06:14 – 06:32
Dur Muhūrta 08:25 – 08:48

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha05:45 – 07:11 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:11 – 08:37 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:37 – 10:02 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:02 – 11:28 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:28 – 12:54 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg12:54 – 14:20 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:20 – 15:45 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:45 – 17:11 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:11 – 18:45 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:45 – 20:20 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:20 – 21:54 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta21:54 – 23:28 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:28 – 01:02 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:02 – 02:37 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:37 – 04:11 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:11 – 05:45 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Revatī alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869950.27
Julian Day2458415.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1158°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)171.15°
🪷 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 (24.1158°), declination -11.67°, EoT 16.15 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: 2018-10-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)