पञ्चाङ्ग — Dhanbad, Jharkhand · January 7, 2012 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: 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 1.5 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
धृष्टकेतुश्चेकितानः काशिराजश्च वीर्यवान्।

पुरुजित्कुन्तिभोजश्च शैब्यश्च नरपुङ्गवः।।1.5।।
"1.5 Dhrishtaketu, Chekitan, the valiant King of Benares, Purujit, Kuntibhoja, Shaibya - a master over many;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.5's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2069 Viśvāvasu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1934 Nandana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1419
Malayalam Era: 1188
Nanakshahi: 543
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya262.10°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra55.49°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala147.19°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
बुध Budha243.98°DhanuMūla P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati6.44°MeṣaAśvinī P2
शुक्र Śukra297.04°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
शनि Śani184.36°TulāCitrā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:29 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:13 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:51 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:18 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:50 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 43 Mins 58 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 16 Mins 02 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:03 – 05:46
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:35 – 06:29
Abhijit Muhūrta11:29 – 12:12
Vijaya Muhūrta13:38 – 14:21
Godhūli Muhūrta17:01 – 17:25
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:13 – 17:39
Amṛta Kāla16:58 – 18:43
Niśīta Muhūrta23:29 – 00:12

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:10 – 10:30
Yamaganda13:11 – 14:32
Gulika Kāla06:29 – 07:49
Varjyam06:55 – 07:13
Dur Muhūrta 08:59 – 09:20

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (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 · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:29 – 07:49 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:49 – 09:10 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:10 – 10:30 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:30 – 11:51 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:51 – 13:11 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:11 – 14:32 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:32 – 15:52 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla15:52 – 17:13 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:13 – 18:52 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta18:52 – 20:32 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:32 – 22:11 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:11 – 23:51 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:51 – 01:30 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:30 – 03:10 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:10 – 04:49 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:49 – 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 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 Year5113 · Kali-5113
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867468.27 · 5113.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2455933.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0209° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)152.44° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 13/30)
🪷 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 (24.0209°) · declination -22.46° · EoT -6.29 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:2012-01-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)