पञ्चाङ्ग — Dhanbad, Jharkhand · November 30, 2018 CE

🪷 आज: कालभैरव अष्टमी — Kālabhairava Aṣṭamī
Kālabhairava's manifestation; Kāśī-kṣetrapāla.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.7 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
इहैकस्थं जगत्कृत्स्नं पश्याद्य सचराचरम्।

मम देहे गुडाकेश यच्चान्यद्द्रष्टुमिच्छसि।।11.7।।
"11.7 Here in Me living as one, O Arjuna, behold the whole universe, movable and immovable, and anything else that thou wouldst see!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.7's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya223.65°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
चन्द्र Candra134.05°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala314.45°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
बुध Budha217.22°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati220.61°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
शुक्र Śukra184.26°TulāCitrā P4
शनि Śani253.50°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:10 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:58 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:34 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:18 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:53 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 47 Mins 30 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 12 Mins 30 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:44 – 05:27
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:16 – 06:10
Abhijit Muhūrta11:12 – 11:55
Vijaya Muhūrta13:22 – 14:05
Godhūli Muhūrta16:46 – 17:10
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:58 – 17:24
Amṛta Kāla16:43 – 18:28
Niśīta Muhūrta23:12 – 23:55

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:13 – 11:34
Yamaganda14:16 – 15:37
Gulika Kāla07:31 – 08:52
Varjyam06:37 – 06:54
Dur Muhūrta 08:41 – 09:03

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
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 · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:10 – 07:31 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:31 – 08:52 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:52 – 10:13 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:13 – 11:34 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:34 – 12:55 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga12:55 – 14:16 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:16 – 15:37 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala15:37 – 16:58 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga16:58 – 18:37 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg18:37 – 20:16 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:16 – 21:55 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha21:55 – 23:34 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:34 – 01:13 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:13 – 02:52 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:52 – 04:31 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:31 – 06:10 (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 Aṣṭamī + Maghā alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869987.27
Julian Day2458452.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1172°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)268.77°
🪷 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 (24.1172°), declination -21.60°, EoT 10.50 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: 2018-11-30 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)