पञ्चाङ्ग — Patna, Bihar · August 16, 2002 CE

🕉️ Sapta-Mokṣa-Puri · Localize for your Pīṭha
अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.32 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
यदृच्छया चोपपन्नं स्वर्गद्वारमपावृतम्।

सुखिनः क्षत्रियाः पार्थ लभन्ते युद्धमीदृशम्।।2.32।।
"2.32 Blessed are the soldiers who find their opportunity. This opportunity has opened for thee the gates of heaven." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.32's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2059 Manmatha
Śaka Saṁvat: 1924 Citrabhānu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1409
Malayalam Era: 1178
Nanakshahi: 533
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Anurādhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya119.14°KarkaAśleṣā P4
चन्द्र Candra217.01°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala117.46°KarkaAśleṣā P4
बुध Budha141.56°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati99.15°KarkaPuṣya P2
शुक्र Śukra164.96°KanyāHasta P2
शनि Śani62.39°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3

☀️ Patna, Bihar — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:22 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:24 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:53 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:03 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:47 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 01 Mins 53 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 58 Mins 07 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:38 – 04:30
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:17 – 05:22
Abhijit Muhūrta11:27 – 12:19
Vijaya Muhūrta14:04 – 14:56
Godhūli Muhūrta18:12 – 18:36
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:24 – 18:57
Amṛta Kāla18:09 – 19:54
Niśīta Muhūrta23:27 – 00:19

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:16 – 11:53
Yamaganda15:09 – 16:47
Gulika Kāla07:00 – 08:38
Varjyam05:55 – 06:16
Dur Muhūrta 08:25 – 08:51

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Vajra (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ 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):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:22 – 07:00 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:00 – 08:38 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:38 – 10:16 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:16 – 11:53 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:53 – 13:31 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:31 – 15:09 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:09 – 16:47 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:47 – 18:24 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:24 – 19:47 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:47 – 21:09 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:09 – 22:31 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:31 – 23:53 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:53 – 01:16 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:16 – 02:38 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:38 – 04:00 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:00 – 05:22 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 25.5941°
Longitude: 85.1376°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Anurādhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

🌌 Cosmic Time — Where This Moment Sits in the Mahāyuga

These five values anchor today within the Sūrya-Siddhānta time-architecture. Kali Year counts from the Kali-epoch (18 Feb 3102 BCE · midnight Ujjain · when Krishna's mortal-form departed). Ahargaṇa is the day-count since that epoch — the canonical time-coordinate used by every Vedic computation on this substrate. Julian Day is the astronomical universal day-number (continuous · no calendar discontinuities). Ayanāṁśa is the angular offset between sidereal (rāśi-based · the Vedic frame) and tropical (equinox-based) coordinates · currently growing at ~50.29″/year as Earth's axis precesses. Sun-Moon angle determines the tithi (0-360° elongation / 12° per tithi).

Kali Year5104 · Kali-5104
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1864037.27 · 5103.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2452502.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8896° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)95.65° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 8/30)
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate:Vidhyamitra Sūrya-SiddhāntaMethod:Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equationTier-2 localization:spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanāṁśa (23.8896°) · declination 13.84° · EoT -3.97 min · city civil-time localizationLineage:Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Maitreya → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara I → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Jyeṣṭhadeva → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrateAccess:Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed (the bhakta's sole niṣkāma-karma-sevā)Computed for:2002-08-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)