पञ्चाङ्ग — Dhanbad, Jharkhand · December 24, 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 7.18 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
उदाराः सर्व एवैते ज्ञानी त्वात्मैव मे मतम्।

आस्थितः स हि युक्तात्मा मामेवानुत्तमां गतिम्।।7.18।।
"7.18 Noble-minded are they all, but the wise man I hold as my own Self; for he, remaining always at peace with Me, makes me his final goal." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.18'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 Dvādaśī (27/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Viśākhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya248.62°DhanuMūla P3
चन्द्र Candra210.97°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala243.45°DhanuMūla P2
बुध Budha264.05°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati273.63°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
शुक्र Śukra294.29°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
शनि Śani147.52°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:24 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:04 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:44 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:46 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:41 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 40 Mins 01 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 19 Mins 59 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:59 – 05:42
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:31 – 06:24
Abhijit Muhūrta11:23 – 12:06
Vijaya Muhūrta13:31 – 14:14
Godhūli Muhūrta16:52 – 17:16
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:04 – 17:31
Amṛta Kāla16:49 – 18:34
Niśīta Muhūrta23:23 – 00:06

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:44 – 13:04
Yamaganda07:44 – 09:04
Gulika Kāla10:24 – 11:44
Varjyam06:51 – 07:08
Dur Muhūrta 08:54 – 09:15

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhātṛ (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:24 – 07:44 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:44 – 09:04 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:04 – 10:24 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:24 – 11:44 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:44 – 13:04 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:04 – 14:24 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:24 – 15:44 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:44 – 17:04 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:04 – 18:44 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:44 – 20:24 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:24 – 22:04 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:04 – 23:44 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:44 – 01:24 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:24 – 03:04 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:04 – 04:44 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:44 – 06:24 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Viśākhā)

🌌 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)1866359.27 · 5109.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2454824.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9784° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)320.58° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 27/30)
🪷 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 (23.9784°) · declination -23.41° · EoT -0.03 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:2008-12-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)