पञ्चाङ्ग — Dhanbad, Jharkhand · January 11, 2013 CE

🪷 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 10.3 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
यो मामजमनादिं च वेत्ति लोकमहेश्वरम्।

असम्मूढः स मर्त्येषु सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते।।10.3।।
"10.3 He who knows Me as the unborn, without beginning, the Lord of the universe, he, stripped of his delusion, becomes free from all conceivable sin." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.3's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2070 Parābhava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1935 Vijaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1420
Malayalam Era: 1189
Nanakshahi: 544
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā (30/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)Catuṣpāda
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya266.94°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra256.03°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala288.42°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
बुध Budha262.27°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati42.52°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
शुक्र Śukra248.15°DhanuMūla P3
शनि Śani195.95°TulāSvātī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:29 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:16 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:52 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:49 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:28 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 46 Mins 41 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 13 Mins 19 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:03 – 05:46
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:35 – 06:29
Abhijit Muhūrta11:31 – 12:14
Vijaya Muhūrta13:40 – 14:23
Godhūli Muhūrta17:04 – 17:28
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:16 – 17:42
Amṛta Kāla17:01 – 18:46
Niśīta Muhūrta23:31 – 00:14

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:31 – 11:52
Yamaganda14:34 – 15:55
Gulika Kāla07:50 – 09:10
Varjyam06:56 – 07:13
Dur Muhūrta 09:00 – 09:21

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Maitra (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):
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 · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:29 – 07:50 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:50 – 09:10 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:10 – 10:31 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:31 – 11:52 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:52 – 13:13 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:13 – 14:34 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:34 – 15:55 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala15:55 – 17:16 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:16 – 18:55 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg18:55 – 20:34 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:34 – 22:13 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:13 – 23:52 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:52 – 01:31 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:31 – 03:10 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:10 – 04:50 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:50 – 06:29 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā + Pūrva Āṣāḍhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867838.27
Julian Day2456303.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0350°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)350.61°
🪷 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 (24.0350°), declination -21.80°, EoT -7.89 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: 2013-01-11 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)