पञ्चाङ्ग — Dhanbad, Jharkhand · December 19, 2008 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: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 7.13 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
त्रिभिर्गुणमयैर्भावैरेभिः सर्वमिदं जगत्।

मोहितं नाभिजानाति मामेभ्यः परमव्ययम्।।7.13।।
"7.13 The inhabitants of the world, misled by those natures which the Qualities have engendered, know not that I am higher than them all, and that I do not change." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.13's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2065 Plava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1930 Sarvadhāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1415
Malayalam Era: 1184
Nanakshahi: 539
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Saptamī (22/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya243.53°DhanuMūla P2
चन्द्र Candra148.77°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala239.73°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
बुध Budha256.31°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati272.51°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शुक्र Śukra288.64°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
शनि Śani147.43°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:22 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:02 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:42 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:15 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:31 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 40 Mins 01 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 19 Mins 59 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:57 – 05:39
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:29 – 06:22
Abhijit Muhūrta11:21 – 12:03
Vijaya Muhūrta13:29 – 14:11
Godhūli Muhūrta16:50 – 17:14
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:02 – 17:29
Amṛta Kāla16:47 – 18:32
Niśīta Muhūrta23:21 – 00:03

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:22 – 11:42
Yamaganda14:22 – 15:42
Gulika Kāla07:42 – 09:02
Varjyam06:49 – 07:06
Dur Muhūrta 08:51 – 09:13

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

⭐ 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 Chala06:22 – 07:42 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:42 – 09:02 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:02 – 10:22 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:22 – 11:42 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:42 – 13:02 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:02 – 14:22 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:22 – 15:42 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala15:42 – 17:02 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:02 – 18:42 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg18:42 – 20:22 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:22 – 22:02 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:02 – 23:42 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:42 – 01:22 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:22 – 03:02 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:02 – 04:42 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:42 – 06:22 (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 Year5110 · Kali-5110
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866354.27 · 5109.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2454819.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9782° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)262.02° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 22/30)
🪷 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 (23.9782°) · declination -23.41° · EoT 2.32 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:2008-12-19 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)