पञ्चाङ्ग — Dhanbad, Jharkhand · May 20, 2026 CE

🪷 आज: वृषभ सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛṣabha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Taurus.

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🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 9.7 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
सर्वभूतानि कौन्तेय प्रकृतिं यान्ति मामिकाम्।

कल्पक्षये पुनस्तानि कल्पादौ विसृजाम्यहम्।।9.7।।
"9.7 All beings, O Arjuna, return at the close of every cosmic cycle into the realm of Nature, which is a part of Me, and at the beginning of the next I send them forth again." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.7's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Jyeṣṭha (Jyeṣṭha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2083 Siddhārthī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1948 Parābhava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1433
Malayalam Era: 1202
Nanakshahi: 557
Solar Month: Vṛṣabha (Vaikāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya34.84°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
चन्द्र Candra80.22°MithunaPunarvasu P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala6.21°MeṣaAśvinī P2
बुध Budha41.02°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati87.50°MithunaPunarvasu P3
शुक्र Śukra66.62°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P4
शनि Śani347.01°MīnaRevatī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:00 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:21 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:41 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:57 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:27 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 21 Mins 32 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 38 Mins 28 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:13 – 04:06
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:53 – 05:00
Abhijit Muhūrta11:14 – 12:07
Vijaya Muhūrta13:54 – 14:48
Godhūli Muhūrta18:09 – 18:33
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:21 – 18:55
Amṛta Kāla18:06 – 19:51
Niśīta Muhūrta23:14 – 00:07

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:41 – 13:21
Yamaganda06:40 – 08:20
Gulika Kāla10:00 – 11:41
Varjyam05:33 – 05:55
Dur Muhūrta 08:07 – 08:34

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (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 · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha05:00 – 06:40 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta06:40 – 08:20 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:20 – 10:00 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:00 – 11:41 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:41 – 13:21 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:21 – 15:01 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:01 – 16:41 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:41 – 18:21 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:21 – 19:41 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:41 – 21:01 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:01 – 22:21 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:21 – 23:41 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:41 – 01:00 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:00 – 02:20 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:20 – 03:40 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg03:40 – 05:00 (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 Year5128
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872715.27
Julian Day2461180.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2215°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)42.47°
🪷 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 (24.2215°), declination 19.95°, EoT 3.60 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: 2026-05-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)