पञ्चाङ्ग — Dhanbad, Jharkhand · July 12, 1994 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: अङ्गारक चतुर्थी — Aṅgāraka Caturthī (Tuesday Caturthī)
Tuesday-Caturthī (rare); supremely auspicious for Maṅgala-doṣa-nivāraṇa.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.4 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
निश्चयं श्रृणु मे तत्र त्यागे भरतसत्तम।त्यागो हि पुरुषव्याघ्र त्रिविधः संप्रकीर्तितः।।18.4।।
"18.4 O best of Indians! Listen to my judgment as regards this problem. It has a threefold aspect." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.4's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2051 Sarvajit
Śaka Saṁvat: 1916 Bhāva
Bengali Saṁvat: 1401
Malayalam Era: 1170
Nanakshahi: 525
Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Siddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya85.71°MithunaPunarvasu P2
चन्द्र Candra124.09°SiṃhaMaghā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala42.05°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
बुध Budha66.67°MithunaĀrdrā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati191.21°TulāSvātī P2
शुक्र Śukra127.17°SiṃhaMaghā P3
शनि Śani318.28°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:04 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:35 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:50 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:59 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:48 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 30 Mins 11 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 29 Mins 49 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:16 – 04:10
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:57 – 05:04
Abhijit Muhūrta11:23 – 12:17
Vijaya Muhūrta14:05 – 14:59
Godhūli Muhūrta18:23 – 18:47
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:35 – 19:08
Amṛta Kāla18:20 – 20:05
Niśīta Muhūrta23:23 – 00:17

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:12 – 16:53
Yamaganda08:27 – 10:08
Gulika Kāla11:50 – 13:31
Varjyam05:38 – 06:00
Dur Muhūrta 08:13 – 08:40

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
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 Roga05:04 – 06:46 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg06:46 – 08:27 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:27 – 10:08 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:08 – 11:50 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:50 – 13:31 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:31 – 15:12 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:12 – 16:53 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:53 – 18:35 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:35 – 19:53 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:53 – 21:12 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:12 – 22:31 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:31 – 23:50 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:50 – 01:08 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:08 – 02:27 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:27 – 03:46 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla03:46 – 05:04 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 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 Year5096 · Kali-5096
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1861080.27 · 5095.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2449545.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.7765° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)38.76° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 4/30)
🪷 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 (23.7765°) · declination 22.02° · EoT -5.24 min · verified ±1 min vs DrikpanchangLineage: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:1994-07-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)