पञ्चाङ्ग — Dhanbad, Jharkhand · January 5, 2020 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 3.2 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
व्यामिश्रेणेव वाक्येन बुद्धिं मोहयसीव मे।

तदेकं वद निश्िचत्य येन श्रेयोऽहमाप्नुयाम्।।3.2।।
"3.2 Thy language perplexes me and confuses my reason. Therefore please tell me the only way by which I may, without doubt, secure my spiritual welfare." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.2's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2077 Pramādī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1942 Śārvarī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1427
Malayalam Era: 1196
Nanakshahi: 551
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Aśvinī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya260.01°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra10.20°MeṣaAśvinī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala216.71°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
बुध Budha256.42°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati253.49°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra294.94°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
शनि Śani267.69°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:28 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:11 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:50 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:45 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:36 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 43 Mins 03 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 16 Mins 57 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:02 – 05:45
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:35 – 06:28
Abhijit Muhūrta11:28 – 12:11
Vijaya Muhūrta13:37 – 14:20
Godhūli Muhūrta16:59 – 17:23
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:11 – 17:38
Amṛta Kāla16:56 – 18:41
Niśīta Muhūrta23:28 – 00:11

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:51 – 17:11
Yamaganda11:50 – 13:10
Gulika Kāla14:30 – 15:51
Varjyam06:55 – 07:12
Dur Muhūrta 08:58 – 09:20

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (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):
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):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:28 – 07:49 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:49 – 09:09 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:09 – 10:29 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:29 – 11:50 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:50 – 13:10 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:10 – 14:30 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:30 – 15:51 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:51 – 17:11 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:11 – 18:51 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:51 – 20:30 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:30 – 22:10 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:10 – 23:50 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:50 – 01:29 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:29 – 03:09 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:09 – 04:49 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:49 – 06:28 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Daśamī + Aśvinī alignment also occurred on:
-3101-02-18Kali Yuga Epoch (same Aśvinī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5121
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870388.27
Julian Day2458853.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1325°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)111.12°
🪷 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 (24.1325°), declination -22.69°, EoT -5.45 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: 2020-01-05 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)