पञ्चाङ्ग — Ranchi, Jharkhand · January 22, 1897 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: सङ्कष्टी चतुर्थी — Saṅkaṣṭī Caturthī
Monthly Gaṇeśa vrata.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.31 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
स्वधर्ममपि चावेक्ष्य न विकम्पितुमर्हसि।

धर्म्याद्धि युद्धाछ्रेयोऽन्यत्क्षत्रियस्य न विद्यते।।2.31।।
"2.31 Thou must look at thy duty. Nothing can be more welcome to a soldier than a righteous war. Therefore to waver in this resolve is unworthy, O Arjuna!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.31's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1954 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1819 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1304
Malayalam Era: 1073
Nanakshahi: 428
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya279.92°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra140.17°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala50.84°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
बुध Budha282.59°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati137.15°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
शुक्र Śukra326.36°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
शनि Śani217.59°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:32 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:29 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:00 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)20:27 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:56 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 56 Mins 55 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 03 Mins 05 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:04 – 05:48
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:37 – 06:32
Abhijit Muhūrta11:38 – 12:22
Vijaya Muhūrta13:50 – 14:34
Godhūli Muhūrta17:17 – 17:41
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:29 – 17:56
Amṛta Kāla17:14 – 18:59
Niśīta Muhūrta23:38 – 00:22

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:38 – 12:00
Yamaganda14:45 – 16:07
Gulika Kāla07:54 – 09:16
Varjyam06:59 – 07:17
Dur Muhūrta 09:05 – 09:27

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (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 · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:32 – 07:54 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:54 – 09:16 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:16 – 10:38 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:38 – 12:00 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:00 – 13:22 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:22 – 14:45 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:45 – 16:07 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:07 – 17:29 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:29 – 19:07 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:07 – 20:45 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:45 – 22:22 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:22 – 00:00 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:00 – 01:38 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:38 – 03:16 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:16 – 04:54 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:54 – 06:32 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 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 Year4998 · Kali-4998
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1825481.27 · 4998.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2413946.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.4150° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)219.47° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 19/30)
🪷 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 (22.4150°) · declination -19.64° · EoT -11.54 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:1897-01-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)