पञ्चाङ्ग — Dhanbad, Jharkhand · January 30, 2018 CE

🪷 आज: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.70 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
आपूर्यमाणमचलप्रतिष्ठं

समुद्रमापः प्रविशन्ति यद्वत्।

तद्वत्कामा यं प्रविशन्ति सर्वे

स शान्तिमाप्नोति न कामकामी।।2.70।।
"2.70 He attains Peace, into whom desires flow as rivers into the ocean, which though brimming with water remains ever the same; not he whom desire carries away." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.70's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Punarvasu Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya285.98°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
चन्द्र Candra84.62°MithunaPunarvasu P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala217.75°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
बुध Budha273.29°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati206.72°TulāViśākhā P3
शुक्र Śukra290.70°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
शनि Śani250.38°DhanuMūla P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:26 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:29 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:58 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:48 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:16 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 02 Mins 56 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 57 Mins 04 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:58 – 05:42
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:31 – 06:26
Abhijit Muhūrta11:36 – 12:20
Vijaya Muhūrta13:48 – 14:32
Godhūli Muhūrta17:17 – 17:41
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:29 – 17:57
Amṛta Kāla17:14 – 18:59
Niśīta Muhūrta23:36 – 00:20

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:43 – 16:06
Yamaganda09:12 – 10:35
Gulika Kāla11:58 – 13:21
Varjyam06:54 – 07:11
Dur Muhūrta 09:01 – 09:23

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

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 · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:26 – 07:49 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:49 – 09:12 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:12 – 10:35 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:35 – 11:58 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:58 – 13:21 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:21 – 14:43 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:43 – 16:06 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:06 – 17:29 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:29 – 19:06 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:06 – 20:43 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:43 – 22:21 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:21 – 23:58 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:58 – 01:35 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:35 – 03:12 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:12 – 04:49 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:49 – 06:26 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Caturdaśī + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869683.27
Julian Day2458148.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1056°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)160.23°
🪷 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 (24.1056°), declination -17.72°, EoT -13.36 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: 2018-01-30 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)