पञ्चाङ्ग — Dhanbad, Jharkhand · August 8, 2001 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: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 10.35 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
बृहत्साम तथा साम्नां गायत्री छन्दसामहम्।

मासानां मार्गशीर्षोऽहमृतूनां कुसुमाकरः।।10.35।।
"10.35 Of hymns I am Brihatsama, of metres I am Garatri, among the months I am Margasheersha (December), and I am the Spring among seasons." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.35's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2058 Jaya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1923 Vṛṣa
Bengali Saṁvat: 1408
Malayalam Era: 1177
Nanakshahi: 532
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya111.70°KarkaAśleṣā P2
चन्द्र Candra333.08°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala233.66°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
बुध Budha114.01°KarkaAśleṣā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati71.58°MithunaĀrdrā P2
शुक्र Śukra73.63°MithunaĀrdrā P3
शनि Śani48.89°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:16 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:23 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:50 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)20:35 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:36 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 06 Mins 24 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 53 Mins 36 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:32 – 04:24
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:11 – 05:16
Abhijit Muhūrta11:23 – 12:16
Vijaya Muhūrta14:01 – 14:53
Godhūli Muhūrta18:11 – 18:35
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:23 – 18:56
Amṛta Kāla18:08 – 19:53
Niśīta Muhūrta23:23 – 00:16

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:50 – 13:28
Yamaganda06:55 – 08:33
Gulika Kāla10:11 – 11:50
Varjyam05:49 – 06:10
Dur Muhūrta 08:20 – 08:46

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mudgara (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha05:16 – 06:55 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta06:55 – 08:33 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:33 – 10:11 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:11 – 11:50 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:50 – 13:28 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:28 – 15:06 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:06 – 16:45 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:45 – 18:23 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:23 – 19:45 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:45 – 21:06 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:06 – 22:28 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:28 – 23:50 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:50 – 01:11 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:11 – 02:33 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:33 – 03:55 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg03:55 – 05:16 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 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 Year5103 · Kali-5103
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1863664.27 · 5102.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2452129.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8754° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)225.12° · 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 (23.8754°) · declination 16.16° · EoT -5.35 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:2001-08-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)