पञ्चाङ्ग — Dhanbad, Jharkhand · January 13, 2019 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 11.51 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाच

दृष्ट्वेदं मानुषं रूपं तवसौम्यं जनार्दन।

इदानीमस्मि संवृत्तः सचेताः प्रकृतिं गतः।।11.51।।
"11.51 Arjuna said: Seeing Thee in Thy gentle human form, my Lord, I am myself again, calm once more." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.51's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2076 Paridhāvi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1941 Vikāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1426
Malayalam Era: 1195
Nanakshahi: 550
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Saptamī (7/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya268.42°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra344.20°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala343.66°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
बुध Budha257.69°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati230.08°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
शुक्र Śukra221.36°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
शनि Śani258.58°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:29 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:17 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:53 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:48 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:04 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 47 Mins 42 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 12 Mins 18 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:03 – 05:46
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:35 – 06:29
Abhijit Muhūrta11:31 – 12:15
Vijaya Muhūrta13:41 – 14:24
Godhūli Muhūrta17:05 – 17:29
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:17 – 17:44
Amṛta Kāla17:02 – 18:47
Niśīta Muhūrta23:31 – 00:15

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:56 – 17:17
Yamaganda11:53 – 13:14
Gulika Kāla14:35 – 15:56
Varjyam06:56 – 07:13
Dur Muhūrta 09:00 – 09:22

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:29 – 07:50 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:50 – 09:11 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:11 – 10:32 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:32 – 11:53 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:53 – 13:14 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:14 – 14:35 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:35 – 15:56 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:56 – 17:17 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:17 – 18:56 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:56 – 20:35 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:35 – 22:14 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:14 – 23:53 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:53 – 01:32 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:32 – 03:11 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:11 – 04:50 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:50 – 06:29 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870031.27
Julian Day2458496.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1189°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)79.81°
🪷 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 (24.1189°), declination -21.55°, EoT -8.64 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: 2019-01-13 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)