पञ्चाङ्ग — Thane, Maharashtra · 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

Thane, Maharashtra — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:02 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:42 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:52 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:12 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:50 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 39 Mins 49 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 20 Mins 11 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:29 – 06:15
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:04 – 07:02
Abhijit Muhūrta12:29 – 13:15
Vijaya Muhūrta14:49 – 15:35
Godhūli Muhūrta18:30 – 18:54
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:42 – 19:11
Amṛta Kāla18:27 – 20:12
Niśīta Muhūrta00:29 – 01:15

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:57 – 11:24
Yamaganda14:19 – 15:47
Gulika Kāla07:02 – 08:29
Varjyam07:31 – 07:50
Dur Muhūrta 09:45 – 10:09

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 Kāla07:02 – 08:29 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:29 – 09:57 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:57 – 11:24 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg11:24 – 12:52 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:52 – 14:19 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha14:19 – 15:47 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:47 – 17:14 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:14 – 18:42 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:42 – 20:14 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:14 – 21:47 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:47 – 23:19 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha23:19 – 00:52 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:52 – 02:24 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg02:24 – 03:57 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:57 – 05:29 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:29 – 07:02 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 19.2183°
Longitude: 72.9781°
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)