पञ्चाङ्ग — Dhanbad, Jharkhand · October 8, 2026 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 12.17 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
यो न हृष्यति न द्वेष्टि न शोचति न काङ्क्षति।शुभाशुभपरित्यागी भक्ितमान्यः स मे प्रियः।।12.17।।
"12.17 He who is beyond joy and hate, who neither laments nor desires, to whom good and evil fortunes are the same, such a one is My beloved." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2083 Siddhārthī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1948 Parābhava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1433
Malayalam Era: 1202
Nanakshahi: 557
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya170.55°KanyāHasta P4
चन्द्र Candra138.43°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala101.17°KarkaPuṣya P3
बुध Budha194.91°TulāSvātī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati116.38°KarkaAśleṣā P3
शुक्र Śukra193.57°TulāSvātī P3
शनि Śani346.84°MīnaRevatī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:38 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:24 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:31 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:08 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:37 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 46 Mins 42 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 13 Mins 18 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:03 – 04:51
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:39 – 05:38
Abhijit Muhūrta11:07 – 11:55
Vijaya Muhūrta13:29 – 14:16
Godhūli Muhūrta17:12 – 17:36
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:24 – 17:54
Amṛta Kāla17:09 – 18:54
Niśīta Muhūrta23:07 – 23:55

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:59 – 14:28
Yamaganda05:38 – 07:06
Gulika Kāla08:34 – 10:03
Varjyam06:07 – 06:26
Dur Muhūrta 08:23 – 08:46

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (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):
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 Śubha05:38 – 07:06 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:06 – 08:34 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:34 – 10:03 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:03 – 11:31 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:31 – 12:59 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta12:59 – 14:28 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:28 – 15:56 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha15:56 – 17:24 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:24 – 18:56 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla18:56 – 20:28 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:28 – 21:59 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga21:59 – 23:31 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:31 – 01:03 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:03 – 02:34 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:34 – 04:06 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:06 – 05:38 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5128
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872856.27
Julian Day2461321.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2269°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)328.78°
🪷 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 (24.2269°), declination -5.82°, EoT 13.23 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: 2026-10-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)