पञ्चाङ्ग — Dhanbad, Jharkhand · December 22, 2014 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 10.12 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाच

परं ब्रह्म परं धाम पवित्रं परमं भवान्।

पुरुषं शाश्वतं दिव्यमादिदेवमजं विभुम्।।10.12।।
"10.12 Arjuna asked: Thou art the Supreme Spirit, the Eternal Home, the Holiest of the Holy, the Eternal Divine Self, the Primal God, the Unborn and the Omnipresent." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.12's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1421
Malayalam Era: 1190
Nanakshahi: 545
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā (30/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mūla Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Gaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Nāga
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya246.03°DhanuMūla P2
चन्द्र Candra245.82°DhanuMūla P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala288.96°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
बुध Budha253.53°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati117.51°KarkaAśleṣā P4
शुक्र Śukra260.00°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani215.51°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:23 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:03 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:43 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:24 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:01 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 39 Mins 55 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 20 Mins 05 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:58 – 05:41
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:30 – 06:23
Abhijit Muhūrta11:22 – 12:05
Vijaya Muhūrta13:30 – 14:13
Godhūli Muhūrta16:51 – 17:15
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:03 – 17:30
Amṛta Kāla16:48 – 18:33
Niśīta Muhūrta23:22 – 00:05

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:43 – 09:03
Yamaganda10:23 – 11:43
Gulika Kāla13:03 – 14:23
Varjyam06:50 – 07:07
Dur Muhūrta 08:53 – 09:14

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (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):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:23 – 07:43 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:43 – 09:03 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:03 – 10:23 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:23 – 11:43 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:43 – 13:03 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:03 – 14:23 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:23 – 15:43 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta15:43 – 17:03 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:03 – 18:43 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha18:43 – 20:23 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:23 – 22:03 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:03 – 23:43 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:43 – 01:23 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:23 – 03:03 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:03 – 04:43 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:43 – 06:23 (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-Historical Resonance

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868548.27
Julian Day2457013.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0622°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)358.28°
🪷 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 (24.0622°), declination -23.44°, EoT 0.91 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: 2014-12-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)