पञ्चाङ्ग — Patna, Bihar · December 4, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 10.24 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
पुरोधसां च मुख्यं मां विद्धि पार्थ बृहस्पतिम्।

सेनानीनामहं स्कन्दः सरसामस्मि सागरः।।10.24।।
"10.24 Among the priests, know, O Arjuna, that I am the Apostle Brihaspati; of generals I am Skanda, the Commander-in-Chief, and of waters I am the Ocean." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.24's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla 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)Śukla Pañcamī (5/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya228.23°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
चन्द्र Candra278.73°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala294.11°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
बुध Budha247.38°DhanuMūla P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati172.71°KanyāHasta P4
शुक्र Śukra271.53°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani233.82°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:22 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:59 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:40 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:39 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:26 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 37 Mins 38 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 22 Mins 22 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:57 – 05:39
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:29 – 06:22
Abhijit Muhūrta11:19 – 12:02
Vijaya Muhūrta13:27 – 14:09
Godhūli Muhūrta16:47 – 17:11
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:59 – 17:26
Amṛta Kāla16:44 – 18:29
Niśīta Muhūrta23:19 – 00:02

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:40 – 16:59
Yamaganda11:40 – 13:00
Gulika Kāla14:20 – 15:40
Varjyam06:48 – 07:05
Dur Muhūrta 08:50 – 09:12

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mausala (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):
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 · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:22 – 07:41 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:41 – 09:01 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:01 – 10:21 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:21 – 11:40 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:40 – 13:00 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:00 – 14:20 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:20 – 15:40 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:40 – 16:59 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha16:59 – 18:40 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:40 – 20:20 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:20 – 22:00 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:00 – 23:40 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:40 – 01:21 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:21 – 03:01 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:01 – 04:41 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:41 – 06:22 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869261.27
Julian Day2457726.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0894°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)53.60°
🪷 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 (24.0894°), declination -22.27°, EoT 8.96 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: 2016-12-04 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)