पञ्चाङ्ग — Patna, Bihar · December 31, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.9 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
सञ्जय उवाच

एवमुक्त्वा ततो राजन्महायोगेश्वरो हरिः।

दर्शयामास पार्थाय परमं रूपमैश्वरम्।।11.9।।
"11.9 Sanjaya continued: "Having thus spoken, O King, the Lord Shri Krishna, the Almighty Prince of Wisdom, showed to Arjuna the Supreme Form of the Great God." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.9's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvitīyā (2/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya255.70°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra275.72°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala314.46°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
बुध Budha250.07°DhanuMūla P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati176.44°KanyāCitrā P1
शुक्र Śukra302.12°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
शनि Śani236.98°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:36 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:10 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:53 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:51 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:35 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 33 Mins 59 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 26 Mins 01 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:11 – 05:53
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:43 – 06:36
Abhijit Muhūrta11:32 – 12:14
Vijaya Muhūrta13:38 – 14:21
Godhūli Muhūrta16:58 – 17:22
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:10 – 17:36
Amṛta Kāla16:55 – 18:40
Niśīta Muhūrta23:32 – 00:14

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:14 – 10:33
Yamaganda13:12 – 14:31
Gulika Kāla06:36 – 07:55
Varjyam07:02 – 07:19
Dur Muhūrta 09:04 – 09:25

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:36 – 07:55 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:55 – 09:14 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:14 – 10:33 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:33 – 11:53 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:53 – 13:12 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:12 – 14:31 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:31 – 15:50 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla15:50 – 17:10 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:10 – 18:50 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta18:50 – 20:31 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:31 – 22:12 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:12 – 23:53 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:53 – 01:33 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:33 – 03:14 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:14 – 04:55 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:55 – 06:36 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869288.27
Julian Day2457753.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0905°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)20.79°
🪷 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 (24.0905°), declination -23.08°, EoT -3.26 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: 2016-12-31 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)