Possessing a length of 15 miles, 24 Kms and a breadth of 10 miles 16 Kms, this Dhanbad, of the state of Jharkhand, shares its eastern and southern border with West Bengal, the northern border of the city is covered by Dumka and Giridih and there is Bokaro in the west section. As a part of the Chota Nagpur Plateau, the height of the place is 222 m and it is placed at the coordinate of 23.7998°N 86.4305°E. Damodar the main river of Dhanbad, move into the city at the point of its confluence with a stream, Jamuria.
80.07% of the total population of 2,684,487 follows the Hindu religion there, turning it into a dominant religion of the place. The religious pyramid of Dhanbad, gradually descends with Islamism with 16.08%, Christianity with 0.42%, Sikh 0.36%, Jainism, 0.05%, and Buddhism 0.01% of the total. The population who follow some religion other than these constitutes a 2.88% of the total population.
About the Panchang
The Panchang (Panjika) is the Hindu almanac. It is used to choose auspicious times (shubh muhurat) for important events
— marriage, naming a baby, starting a business or entering a new home — and to identify inauspicious periods
that are best avoided. Festivals and pujas are also scheduled by it: Lakshmi Puja falls on Purnima tithi, for example,
and Durga Puja on Saptami.
The name means “five limbs”: Tithi, Vara (weekday), Nakshatra,
Yoga and Karana. This page calculates them for the chosen city and date, together with
sunrise, sunset and the Moon's phase. Timings depend on the location, so they differ from city to city.
Tithi and Paksha
A tithi is the time it takes for the Moon to move 12° ahead of the Sun, so there are 30 tithis in a lunar month:
Pratipada, Dwitiya, Tritiya, Chaturthi, Panchami, Shashthi, Saptami, Ashtami, Navami, Dashami, Ekadashi, Dwadashi,
Trayodashi, Chaturdashi and Purnima in the bright half (Shukla Paksha), and the same fifteen ending in Amavasya in the
dark half (Krishna Paksha).
Karana and Yoga
Each tithi has two karanas: the movable Bava, Balava, Kaulava, Taitila, Gara, Vanija and Vishti (Bhadra), and the fixed
Shakuni, Chatushpada, Naga and Kimstughna. There are 27 yogas, found by adding the longitudes of the Sun and Moon and
dividing by 13°20′: Vishkambha, Priti, Ayushman, Saubhagya, Shobhana, Atiganda, Sukarma, Dhriti, Shoola,
Ganda, Vriddhi, Dhruva, Vyaghata, Harshana, Vajra, Siddhi, Vyatipata, Variyana, Parigha, Shiva, Siddha, Sadhya, Shubha,
Shukla, Brahma, Indra and Vaidhriti.
Before starting a journey or anything important, prefer the auspicious times above and avoid Rahu Kaal,
Yamaganda, Gulika Kaal, Dur Muhurta and Mrityu periods.