पञ्चाङ्ग — Dhanbad, Jharkhand · January 20, 1996 CE

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अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 12.14 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
सन्तुष्टः सततं योगी यतात्मा दृढनिश्चयः।मय्यर्पितमनोबुद्धिर्यो मद्भक्तः स मे प्रियः।।12.14।।
"12.14 Always contented, self-centred, self-controlled, resolute, with mind and reason dedicated to Me, such a devotee of Mine is My beloved." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.14's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2053 Virodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1918 Dhātṛ
Bengali Saṁvat: 1403
Malayalam Era: 1172
Nanakshahi: 527
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā (30/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)Catuṣpāda
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya275.45°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra268.32°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala285.33°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
बुध Budha272.80°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati250.07°DhanuMūla P4
शुक्र Śukra312.16°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
शनि Śani327.12°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:29 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:22 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:55 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:04 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:49 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 52 Mins 44 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 07 Mins 16 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:02 – 05:45
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:34 – 06:29
Abhijit Muhūrta11:33 – 12:17
Vijaya Muhūrta13:44 – 14:28
Godhūli Muhūrta17:10 – 17:34
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:22 – 17:49
Amṛta Kāla17:07 – 18:52
Niśīta Muhūrta23:33 – 00:17

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:12 – 10:34
Yamaganda13:17 – 14:38
Gulika Kāla06:29 – 07:50
Varjyam06:56 – 07:13
Dur Muhūrta 09:01 – 09:23

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

⭐ 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):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:29 – 07:50 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:50 – 09:12 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:12 – 10:34 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:34 – 11:55 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:55 – 13:17 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:17 – 14:38 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:38 – 16:00 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:00 – 17:22 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:22 – 19:00 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:00 – 20:38 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:38 – 22:17 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:17 – 23:55 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:55 – 01:34 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:34 – 03:12 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:12 – 04:50 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:50 – 06:29 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 23.7957°
Longitude: 86.4304°
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 Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā + Uttara Āṣāḍhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā)

🌌 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 Year5097 · Kali-5097
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1861637.27 · 5097.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450102.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.7978° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)353.51° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 30/30)
🪷 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 (23.7978°) · declination -20.31° · EoT -10.96 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:1996-01-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)