पञ्चाङ्ग — Dhanbad, Jharkhand · December 24, 2012 CE

🪷 आज: पौष पुत्रदा एकादशी — Pauṣa Putradā Ekādaśī
Ekādaśī granting putra-prāpti.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 9.19 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
तपाम्यहमहं वर्षं निगृह्णाम्युत्सृजामि च।

अमृतं चैव मृत्युश्च सदसच्चाहमर्जुन।।9.19।।
"9.19 I am the Heat of the Sun, I release and hold back the Rains. I am Death and Immortality; I am Being and Not-Being." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.19'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

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ekādaśī (11/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya248.59°DhanuMūla P3
चन्द्र Candra21.11°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala274.28°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
बुध Budha234.25°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati44.17°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
शुक्र Śukra225.61°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
शनि Śani194.58°TulāSvātī P3

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)14:02 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:07 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 Kāla07:44 – 09:04
Yamaganda10:24 – 11:44
Gulika Kāla13:04 – 14:24
Varjyam06:51 – 07:08
Dur Muhūrta 08:54 – 09:15

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)
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):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:24 – 07:44 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:44 – 09:04 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:04 – 10:24 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:24 – 11:44 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:44 – 13:04 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:04 – 14:24 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:24 – 15:44 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta15:44 – 17:04 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:04 – 18:44 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha18:44 – 20:24 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:24 – 22:04 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:04 – 23:44 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:44 – 01:24 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:24 – 03:04 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:04 – 04:44 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:44 – 06:24 (neutral)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867820.27
Julian Day2456285.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0343°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)130.38°
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta
Method: Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equation
Tier-2 city localization: spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanamsa (24.0343°), declination -23.41°, EoT -0.03 min · verified ±1 min vs Drikpanchang
Lineage: Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate
Access: Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed
Computed for: 2012-12-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)