पञ्चाङ्ग — Dhanbad, Jharkhand · January 19, 1968 CE

🕉️ Sapta-Mokṣa-Puri · Localize for your Pīṭha
अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: सङ्कष्टी चतुर्थी — Saṅkaṣṭī Caturthī
Monthly Gaṇeśa vrata.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.22 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
वासांसि जीर्णानि यथा विहाय

नवानि गृह्णाति नरोऽपराणि।

तथा शरीराणि विहाय जीर्णा-

न्यन्यानि संयाति नवानि देही।।2.22।।
"2.22 As a man discards his threadbare robes and puts on new, so the Spirit throws off Its worn-out bodies and takes fresh ones." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.22's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2025 Durmati
Śaka Saṁvat: 1890 Kīlaka
Bengali Saṁvat: 1375
Malayalam Era: 1144
Nanakshahi: 499
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Saubhāgya
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya274.62°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra136.09°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala314.52°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
बुध Budha288.33°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati131.65°SiṃhaMaghā P4
शुक्र Śukra237.65°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
शनि Śani344.30°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4

☀️ Dhanbad, Jharkhand — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:29 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:21 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:55 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)20:24 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:58 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 51 Mins 44 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 08 Mins 16 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:02 – 05:46
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:35 – 06:29
Abhijit Muhūrta11:33 – 12:17
Vijaya Muhūrta13:44 – 14:27
Godhūli Muhūrta17:09 – 17:33
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:21 – 17:48
Amṛta Kāla17:06 – 18:51
Niśīta Muhūrta23:33 – 00:17

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:33 – 11:55
Yamaganda14:38 – 15:59
Gulika Kāla07:51 – 09:12
Varjyam06:56 – 07:14
Dur Muhūrta 09:01 – 09:23

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

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

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:29 – 07:51 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:51 – 09:12 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:12 – 10:33 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:33 – 11:55 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:55 – 13:16 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:16 – 14:38 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:38 – 15:59 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala15:59 – 17:21 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:21 – 18:59 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg18:59 – 20:38 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:38 – 22:16 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:16 – 23:55 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:55 – 01:33 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:33 – 03:12 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:12 – 04:51 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:51 – 06:29 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 23.7957°
Longitude: 86.4304°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic Time — Where This Moment Sits in the Mahāyuga

These five values anchor today within the Sūrya-Siddhānta time-architecture. Kali Year counts from the Kali-epoch (18 Feb 3102 BCE · midnight Ujjain · when Krishna's mortal-form departed). Ahargaṇa is the day-count since that epoch — the canonical time-coordinate used by every Vedic computation on this substrate. Julian Day is the astronomical universal day-number (continuous · no calendar discontinuities). Ayanāṁśa is the angular offset between sidereal (rāśi-based · the Vedic frame) and tropical (equinox-based) coordinates · currently growing at ~50.29″/year as Earth's axis precesses. Sun-Moon angle determines the tithi (0-360° elongation / 12° per tithi).

Kali Year5069 · Kali-5069
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1851409.27 · 5069.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2439874.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.4067° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)221.22° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 19/30)
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate:Vidhyamitra Sūrya-SiddhāntaMethod:Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equationTier-2 localization:spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanāṁśa (23.4067°) · declination -20.55° · EoT -10.66 min · city civil-time localizationLineage:Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Maitreya → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara I → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Jyeṣṭhadeva → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrateAccess:Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed (the bhakta's sole niṣkāma-karma-sevā)Computed for:1968-01-19 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)