पञ्चाङ्ग — Patna, Bihar · August 21, 2012 CE

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अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: गणेश चतुर्थी — Gaṇeśa Caturthī
Gaṇeśa's birth day; 11-day festival in Maharashtra.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 5.28 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
यतेन्द्रियमनोबुद्धिर्मुनिर्मोक्षपरायणः।

विगतेच्छाभयक्रोधो यः सदा मुक्त एव सः।।5.28।।
"5.28 Governing sense, mind and intellect, intent on liberation, free from desire, fear and anger, the sage is forever free." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.28's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2069 Viśvāvasu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1934 Nandana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1419
Malayalam Era: 1188
Nanakshahi: 543
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya124.37°SiṃhaMaghā P2
चन्द्र Candra167.78°KanyāHasta P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala184.15°TulāCitrā P4
बुध Budha106.54°KarkaPuṣya P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati48.97°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
शुक्र Śukra78.49°MithunaĀrdrā P4
शनि Śani180.98°TulāCitrā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:25 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:19 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:52 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:52 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:40 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 54 Mins 28 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 05 Mins 32 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:42 – 04:33
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:20 – 05:25
Abhijit Muhūrta11:26 – 12:18
Vijaya Muhūrta14:01 – 14:53
Godhūli Muhūrta18:07 – 18:31
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:19 – 18:52
Amṛta Kāla18:04 – 19:49
Niśīta Muhūrta23:26 – 00:18

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:06 – 16:43
Yamaganda08:39 – 10:15
Gulika Kāla11:52 – 13:29
Varjyam05:57 – 06:18
Dur Muhūrta 08:26 – 08:52

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga05:25 – 07:02 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:02 – 08:39 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:39 – 10:15 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:15 – 11:52 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:52 – 13:29 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:29 – 15:06 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:06 – 16:43 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:43 – 18:19 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:19 – 19:43 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:43 – 21:06 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:06 – 22:29 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:29 – 23:52 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:52 – 01:15 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:15 – 02:39 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:39 – 04:02 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:02 – 05:25 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 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 Year5114 · Kali-5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867695.27 · 5113.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2456160.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0295° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)42.39° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 4/30)
🪷 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 (24.0295°) · declination 12.03° · EoT -2.80 min · verified ±1 min vs DrikpanchangLineage: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:2012-08-21 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)