पञ्चाङ्ग — Ranchi, Jharkhand · October 31, 1872 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: नरक चतुर्दशी — Naraka Caturdaśī (Choṭī Diwālī)
Krishna slew Narakāsura, freeing 16,000 captive princesses. Day 2 of Diwali.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 9.4 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
मया ततमिदं सर्वं जगदव्यक्तमूर्तिना।

मत्स्थानि सर्वभूतानि न चाहं तेष्ववस्थितः।।9.4।।
"9.4 The whole world is pervaded by Me, yet My form is not seen. All living things have their being in Me, yet I am not limited by them." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.4's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1929 Pārthiva
Śaka Saṁvat: 1794 Aṅgirasa
Bengali Saṁvat: 1279
Malayalam Era: 1048
Nanakshahi: 403
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Citrā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Prīti
करण (Karaṇa)Śakuni
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya195.88°TulāSvātī P3
चन्द्र Candra181.40°TulāCitrā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala145.07°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
बुध Budha208.52°TulāViśākhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati127.23°SiṃhaMaghā P3
शुक्र Śukra225.60°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
शनि Śani265.11°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:54 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:11 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:32 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:48 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:21 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 17 Mins 31 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 42 Mins 29 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:23 – 05:08
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:57 – 05:54
Abhijit Muhūrta11:10 – 11:55
Vijaya Muhūrta13:25 – 14:10
Godhūli Muhūrta16:59 – 17:23
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:11 – 17:39
Amṛta Kāla16:56 – 18:41
Niśīta Muhūrta23:10 – 23:55

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:57 – 14:22
Yamaganda05:54 – 07:18
Gulika Kāla08:43 – 10:08
Varjyam06:22 – 06:40
Dur Muhūrta 08:32 – 08:54

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:54 – 07:18 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:18 – 08:43 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:43 – 10:08 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:08 – 11:32 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:32 – 12:57 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta12:57 – 14:22 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:22 – 15:46 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha15:46 – 17:11 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:11 – 18:46 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla18:46 – 20:22 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:22 – 21:57 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga21:57 – 23:32 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:32 – 01:08 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:08 – 02:43 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:43 – 04:18 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:18 – 05:54 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 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 Year4974 · Kali-4974
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1816632.27 · 4973.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2405097.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.0766° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)344.42° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 29/30)
🪷 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 (22.0766°) · declination -14.16° · EoT 16.45 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:1872-10-31 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)