पञ्चाङ्ग — Ranchi, Jharkhand · February 1, 1840 CE

🕉️ Sapta-Mokṣa-Puri · Localize for your Pīṭha
अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: प्रदोष व्रत — Pradoṣa Vrata
Twilight worship of Śiva on Trayodaśī.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 7.18 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
उदाराः सर्व एवैते ज्ञानी त्वात्मैव मे मतम्।

आस्थितः स हि युक्तात्मा मामेवानुत्तमां गतिम्।।7.18।।
"7.18 Noble-minded are they all, but the wise man I hold as my own Self; for he, remaining always at peace with Me, makes me his final goal." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1897 Pramādī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1762 Śārvarī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1247
Malayalam Era: 1016
Nanakshahi: 371
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya289.69°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
चन्द्र Candra259.93°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala313.38°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
बुध Budha276.10°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati207.50°TulāViśākhā P3
शुक्र Śukra249.72°DhanuMūla P3
शनि Śani239.28°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:30 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:35 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:02 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:43 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:24 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 05 Mins 33 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 54 Mins 27 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:01 – 05:45
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:34 – 06:30
Abhijit Muhūrta11:40 – 12:25
Vijaya Muhūrta13:53 – 14:38
Godhūli Muhūrta17:23 – 17:47
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:35 – 18:03
Amṛta Kāla17:20 – 19:05
Niśīta Muhūrta23:40 – 00:25

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:16 – 10:39
Yamaganda13:26 – 14:49
Gulika Kāla06:30 – 07:53
Varjyam06:57 – 07:15
Dur Muhūrta 09:05 – 09:27

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:30 – 07:53 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:53 – 09:16 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:16 – 10:39 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:39 – 12:02 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:02 – 13:26 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:26 – 14:49 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:49 – 16:12 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:12 – 17:35 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:35 – 19:12 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:12 – 20:49 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:49 – 22:26 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:26 – 00:02 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:02 – 01:39 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:39 – 03:16 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:16 – 04:53 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:53 – 06:30 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 23.3441°
Longitude: 85.3096°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 Cosmic Time — Where This Moment Sits in the Mahāyuga

These five values anchor today within the Sūrya-Siddhānta time-architecture. Kali Year counts from the Kali-epoch (18 Feb 3102 BCE · midnight Ujjain · when Krishna's mortal-form departed). Ahargaṇa is the day-count since that epoch — the canonical time-coordinate used by every Vedic computation on this substrate. Julian Day is the astronomical universal day-number (continuous · no calendar discontinuities). Ayanāṁśa is the angular offset between sidereal (rāśi-based · the Vedic frame) and tropical (equinox-based) coordinates · currently growing at ~50.29″/year as Earth's axis precesses. Sun-Moon angle determines the tithi (0-360° elongation / 12° per tithi).

Kali Year4941 · Kali-4941
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1804671.27 · 4941.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2393136.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)21.6191° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)328.96° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 28/30)
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate:Vidhyamitra Sūrya-SiddhāntaMethod:Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equationTier-2 localization:spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanāṁśa (21.6191°) · declination -17.38° · EoT -13.69 min · city civil-time localizationLineage:Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Maitreya → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara I → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Jyeṣṭhadeva → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrateAccess:Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed (the bhakta's sole niṣkāma-karma-sevā)Computed for:1840-02-01 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)