पञ्चाङ्ग — Patna, Bihar · February 24, 2024 CE

🪷 आज: होली — Holi (Phālguna Pūrṇimā)
Festival of colors; Holikā-dahana eve.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 5.26 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
कामक्रोधवियुक्तानां यतीनां यतचेतसाम्।

अभितो ब्रह्मनिर्वाणं वर्तते विदितात्मनाम्।।5.26।।
"5.26 Saints who know their Selves, who control their minds, and feel neither desire nor anger, find Eternal Bliss everywhere." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.26's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2081 Piṅgala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1946 Krodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1431
Malayalam Era: 1200
Nanakshahi: 555
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya310.72°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
चन्द्र Candra125.49°SiṃhaMaghā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala283.82°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
बुध Budha306.79°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati16.16°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
शुक्र Śukra284.61°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
शनि Śani315.09°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:18 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:48 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:03 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:17 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:08 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 29 Mins 55 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 30 Mins 05 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:46 – 05:32
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:21 – 06:18
Abhijit Muhūrta11:40 – 12:26
Vijaya Muhūrta13:58 – 14:44
Godhūli Muhūrta17:36 – 18:00
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:48 – 18:17
Amṛta Kāla17:33 – 19:18
Niśīta Muhūrta23:40 – 00:26

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:11 – 10:37
Yamaganda13:30 – 14:56
Gulika Kāla06:18 – 07:45
Varjyam06:47 – 07:05
Dur Muhūrta 08:59 – 09:22

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

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 Kāla06:18 – 07:45 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:45 – 09:11 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:11 – 10:37 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:37 – 12:03 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:03 – 13:30 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:30 – 14:56 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:56 – 16:22 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:22 – 17:48 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:48 – 19:22 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:22 – 20:56 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:56 – 22:30 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:30 – 00:03 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:03 – 01:37 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:37 – 03:11 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:11 – 04:45 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:45 – 06:18 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Maghā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5125
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871899.27
Julian Day2460364.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1903°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)175.45°
🪷 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 (24.1903°), declination -9.71°, EoT -13.84 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: 2024-02-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)