पञ्चाङ्ग — Ranchi, Jharkhand · October 8, 1855 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 11.4 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
मन्यसे यदि तच्छक्यं मया द्रष्टुमिति प्रभो।

योगेश्वर ततो मे त्वं दर्शयाऽत्मानमव्ययम्।।11.4।।
"11.4 If Thou thinkest that it can be made possible for me to see it, show me, O Lord of Lords, Thine own Eternal Self." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.4's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1912 Vibhava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1777 Rākṣasa
Bengali Saṁvat: 1262
Malayalam Era: 1031
Nanakshahi: 386
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya172.36°KanyāHasta P4
चन्द्र Candra138.28°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala123.09°SiṃhaMaghā P1
बुध Budha199.18°TulāSvātī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati302.62°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
शुक्र Śukra163.74°KanyāHasta P2
शनि Śani69.54°MithunaĀrdrā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:42 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:29 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:36 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:03 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:35 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 47 Mins 54 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 12 Mins 06 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:07 – 04:54
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:43 – 05:42
Abhijit Muhūrta11:12 – 11:59
Vijaya Muhūrta13:34 – 14:21
Godhūli Muhūrta17:17 – 17:41
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:29 – 17:59
Amṛta Kāla17:14 – 18:59
Niśīta Muhūrta23:12 – 23:59

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:10 – 08:39
Yamaganda10:07 – 11:36
Gulika Kāla13:04 – 14:33
Varjyam06:11 – 06:30
Dur Muhūrta 08:27 – 08:50

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ 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 · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta05:42 – 07:10 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:10 – 08:39 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:39 – 10:07 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:07 – 11:36 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:36 – 13:04 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:04 – 14:33 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:33 – 16:01 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:01 – 17:29 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:29 – 19:01 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:01 – 20:33 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:33 – 22:04 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:04 – 23:36 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:36 – 01:07 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:07 – 02:39 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:39 – 04:10 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:10 – 05:42 (neutral)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 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 Year4957 · Kali-4957
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1810399.27 · 4956.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2398864.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)21.8382° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)324.26° · 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 (21.8382°) · declination -5.60° · EoT 13.23 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:1855-10-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)