पञ्चाङ्ग — Ranchi, Jharkhand · September 11, 1877 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: गणेश चतुर्थी — Gaṇeśa Caturthī
Gaṇeśa's birth day; 11-day festival in Maharashtra.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.15 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
पाञ्चजन्यं हृषीकेशो देवदत्तं धनंजयः।

पौण्ड्रं दध्मौ महाशङ्खं भीमकर्मा वृकोदरः।।1.15।।
"1.15 Lord Shri Krishna blew his Panchajanya and Arjuna his Devadatta, brave Bheema his renowned shell, Poundra." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.15's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1934 Vikṛti
Śaka Saṁvat: 1799 Īśvara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1284
Malayalam Era: 1053
Nanakshahi: 408
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya146.24°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
चन्द्र Candra194.17°TulāSvātī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala321.63°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
बुध Budha172.04°KanyāHasta P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati243.87°DhanuMūla P2
शुक्र Śukra181.33°TulāCitrā P3
शनि Śani325.79°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:33 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:56 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:45 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:18 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:35 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 23 Mins 11 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 36 Mins 49 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:54 – 04:44
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:31 – 05:33
Abhijit Muhūrta11:20 – 12:10
Vijaya Muhūrta13:49 – 14:38
Godhūli Muhūrta17:44 – 18:08
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:56 – 18:27
Amṛta Kāla17:41 – 19:26
Niśīta Muhūrta23:20 – 00:10

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:51 – 16:23
Yamaganda08:39 – 10:12
Gulika Kāla11:45 – 13:18
Varjyam06:04 – 06:24
Dur Muhūrta 08:27 – 08:51

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

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

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga05:33 – 07:06 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:06 – 08:39 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:39 – 10:12 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:12 – 11:45 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:45 – 13:18 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:18 – 14:51 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:51 – 16:23 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:23 – 17:56 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:56 – 19:23 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:23 – 20:51 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:51 – 22:18 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:18 – 23:45 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:45 – 01:12 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:12 – 02:39 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:39 – 04:06 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:06 – 05:33 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 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 Year4979 · Kali-4979
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1818408.27 · 4978.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2406873.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.1445° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)46.59° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 4/30)
🪷 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 (22.1445°) · declination 4.59° · EoT 4.01 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:1877-09-11 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)