पञ्चाङ्ग — Dhanbad, Jharkhand · May 18, 2020 CE

🪷 आज: अपरा एकादशी — Aparā Ekādaśī
Boundless (aparā) merit; removes brahma-hatyā even.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.22 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
यं लब्ध्वा चापरं लाभं मन्यते नाधिकं ततः।

यस्मिन्स्थितो न दुःखेन गुरुणापि विचाल्यते।।6.22।।
"6.22 Finding That, he will realise that there is no possession so precious. And when once established here, no calamity can disturb him." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.22's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Jyeṣṭha (Jyeṣṭha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2077 Pramādī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1942 Śārvarī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1427
Malayalam Era: 1196
Nanakshahi: 551
Solar Month: Vṛṣabha (Vaikāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya33.44°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
चन्द्र Candra341.52°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala308.91°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
बुध Budha47.99°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati273.09°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शुक्र Śukra57.05°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P2
शनि Śani277.75°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:01 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:21 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:41 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:06 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:19 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 20 Mins 11 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 39 Mins 49 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:14 – 04:07
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:54 – 05:01
Abhijit Muhūrta11:14 – 12:07
Vijaya Muhūrta13:54 – 14:47
Godhūli Muhūrta18:09 – 18:33
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:21 – 18:54
Amṛta Kāla18:06 – 19:51
Niśīta Muhūrta23:14 – 00:07

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla06:41 – 08:21
Yamaganda10:01 – 11:41
Gulika Kāla13:21 – 15:01
Varjyam05:34 – 05:55
Dur Muhūrta 08:07 – 08:34

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta05:01 – 06:41 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla06:41 – 08:21 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:21 – 10:01 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:01 – 11:41 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:41 – 13:21 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:21 – 15:01 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:01 – 16:41 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:41 – 18:21 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala18:21 – 19:41 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:41 – 21:01 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:01 – 22:21 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:21 – 23:41 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:41 – 01:01 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:01 – 02:21 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:21 – 03:41 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala03:41 – 05:01 (neutral)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5122
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870522.27
Julian Day2458987.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1377°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)306.18°
🪷 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 (24.1377°), declination 19.62°, EoT 3.69 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: 2020-05-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)