पञ्चाङ्ग — Ranchi, Jharkhand · December 16, 1884 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: मासिक शिवरात्रि — Māsika Śivarātri
Monthly Śiva observance.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 15.14 · Chapter 15 · पुरुषोत्तमयोग · Puruṣottama-Yoga
अहं वैश्वानरो भूत्वा प्राणिनां देहमाश्रितः।प्राणापानसमायुक्तः पचाम्यन्नं चतुर्विधम्।।15.14।।
"15.14 Becoming the fire of life, I pass into their bodies and, uniting with the vital streams of Prana and Apana, I digest the various kinds of food." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 15.14's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1941 Hemalambī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1806 Tāraṇa
Bengali Saṁvat: 1291
Malayalam Era: 1060
Nanakshahi: 415
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Anurādhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Śakuni
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya242.30°DhanuMūla P1
चन्द्र Candra225.84°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala257.41°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
बुध Budha264.03°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati134.91°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
शुक्र Śukra210.38°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
शनि Śani59.09°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:24 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:06 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:45 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:16 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:02 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 42 Mins 14 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 17 Mins 46 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:58 – 05:41
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:30 – 06:24
Abhijit Muhūrta11:24 – 12:06
Vijaya Muhūrta13:32 – 14:15
Godhūli Muhūrta16:54 – 17:18
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:06 – 17:33
Amṛta Kāla16:51 – 18:36
Niśīta Muhūrta23:24 – 00:06

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:26 – 15:46
Yamaganda09:04 – 10:25
Gulika Kāla11:45 – 13:05
Varjyam06:51 – 07:08
Dur Muhūrta 08:54 – 09:15

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Rākṣasa (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:24 – 07:44 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:44 – 09:04 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:04 – 10:25 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:25 – 11:45 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:45 – 13:05 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:05 – 14:26 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:26 – 15:46 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:46 – 17:06 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:06 – 18:46 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:46 – 20:26 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:26 – 22:05 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:05 – 23:45 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:45 – 01:25 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:25 – 03:04 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:04 – 04:44 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:44 – 06:24 (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 Year4986 · Kali-4986
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1821061.27 · 4985.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2409526.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.2460° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)343.27° · 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 (22.2460°) · declination -23.32° · EoT 3.72 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:1884-12-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)