पञ्चाङ्ग — Dhanbad, Jharkhand · January 20, 2019 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 12.3 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
ये त्वक्षरमनिर्देश्यमव्यक्तं पर्युपासते।सर्वत्रगमचिन्त्यं च कूटस्थमचलं ध्रुवम्।।12.3।।
"12.3 Those who worship Me as the Indestructible, the Undefinable, the Omnipresent, the Unthinkable, the Primeval, the Immutable and the Eternal;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.3's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2076 Paridhāvi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1941 Vikāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1426
Malayalam Era: 1195
Nanakshahi: 550
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya275.55°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra78.96°MithunaĀrdrā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala348.40°MīnaRevatī P1
बुध Budha268.81°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati231.44°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
शुक्र Śukra228.90°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
शनि Śani259.39°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:29 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:22 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:55 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:03 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:34 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 53 Mins 05 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 06 Mins 55 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:02 – 05:45
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:34 – 06:29
Abhijit Muhūrta11:33 – 12:17
Vijaya Muhūrta13:44 – 14:28
Godhūli Muhūrta17:10 – 17:34
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:22 – 17:49
Amṛta Kāla17:07 – 18:52
Niśīta Muhūrta23:33 – 00:17

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:00 – 17:22
Yamaganda11:55 – 13:17
Gulika Kāla14:39 – 16:00
Varjyam06:56 – 07:13
Dur Muhūrta 09:01 – 09:23

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
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 · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:29 – 07:50 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:50 – 09:12 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:12 – 10:34 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:34 – 11:55 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:55 – 13:17 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:17 – 14:39 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:39 – 16:00 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:00 – 17:22 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:22 – 19:00 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:00 – 20:39 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:39 – 22:17 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:17 – 23:55 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:55 – 01:34 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:34 – 03:12 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:12 – 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)1870038.27
Julian Day2458503.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1191°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)163.40°
🪷 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 (24.1191°), declination -20.22°, EoT -10.96 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: 2019-01-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)