पञ्चाङ्ग — Patna, Bihar · November 22, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: कालभैरव अष्टमी — Kālabhairava Aṣṭamī
Kālabhairava's manifestation; Kāśī-kṣetrapāla.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 10.12 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाच

परं ब्रह्म परं धाम पवित्रं परमं भवान्।

पुरुषं शाश्वतं दिव्यमादिदेवमजं विभुम्।।10.12।।
"10.12 Arjuna asked: Thou art the Supreme Spirit, the Eternal Home, the Holiest of the Holy, the Eternal Divine Self, the Primal God, the Unborn and the Omnipresent." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.12's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya216.08°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
चन्द्र Candra134.04°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala285.15°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
बुध Budha230.01°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati170.63°KanyāHasta P4
शुक्र Śukra257.42°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani232.42°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:13 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:00 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:36 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:49 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:27 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 46 Mins 51 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 13 Mins 09 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:47 – 05:30
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:19 – 06:13
Abhijit Muhūrta11:15 – 11:58
Vijaya Muhūrta13:24 – 14:07
Godhūli Muhūrta16:48 – 17:12
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:00 – 17:27
Amṛta Kāla16:45 – 18:30
Niśīta Muhūrta23:15 – 23:58

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:18 – 15:39
Yamaganda08:55 – 10:15
Gulika Kāla11:36 – 12:57
Varjyam06:40 – 06:57
Dur Muhūrta 08:44 – 09:05

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:13 – 07:34 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:34 – 08:55 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:55 – 10:15 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:15 – 11:36 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:36 – 12:57 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla12:57 – 14:18 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:18 – 15:39 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:39 – 17:00 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:00 – 18:39 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:39 – 20:18 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:18 – 21:57 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg21:57 – 23:36 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:36 – 01:15 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:15 – 02:55 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:55 – 04:34 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:34 – 06:13 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Maghā alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869249.27
Julian Day2457714.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0890°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)274.97°
🪷 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 (24.0890°), declination -20.18°, EoT 13.15 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: 2016-11-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)