पञ्चाङ्ग — Dhanbad, Jharkhand · May 11, 2022 CE

🪷 आज: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.44 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
पूर्वाभ्यासेन तेनैव ह्रियते ह्यवशोऽपि सः।

जिज्ञासुरपि योगस्य शब्दब्रह्मातिवर्तते।।6.44।।
"6.44 Unconsciously he will return to the practices of his old life; so that he who tries to realise spiritual consciousness is certainly superior to one who only talks of it." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.44's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2079 Rākṣasa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1944 Śubhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1429
Malayalam Era: 1198
Nanakshahi: 553
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya26.19°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
चन्द्र Candra139.64°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala325.06°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
बुध Budha40.57°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati335.84°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
शुक्र Śukra345.14°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
शनि Śani300.64°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:04 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:17 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:41 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:01 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:28 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 12 Mins 59 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 47 Mins 01 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:18 – 04:11
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:58 – 05:04
Abhijit Muhūrta11:14 – 12:07
Vijaya Muhūrta13:53 – 14:46
Godhūli Muhūrta18:05 – 18:29
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:17 – 18:50
Amṛta Kāla18:02 – 19:47
Niśīta Muhūrta23:14 – 00:07

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:41 – 13:20
Yamaganda06:43 – 08:22
Gulika Kāla10:01 – 11:41
Varjyam05:37 – 05:58
Dur Muhūrta 08:09 – 08:36

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
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):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha05:04 – 06:43 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta06:43 – 08:22 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:22 – 10:01 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:01 – 11:41 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:41 – 13:20 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:20 – 14:59 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:59 – 16:38 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:38 – 18:17 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:17 – 19:38 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:38 – 20:59 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:59 – 22:20 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:20 – 23:41 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:41 – 01:01 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:01 – 02:22 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:22 – 03:43 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg03:43 – 05:04 (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 Time

Kali Year5124
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871245.27
Julian Day2459710.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1653°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)115.38°
🪷 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 (24.1653°), declination 17.83°, EoT 3.71 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: 2022-05-11 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)