पञ्चाङ्ग — Ranchi, Jharkhand · April 23, 1902 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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🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 16.21 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga
त्रिविधं नरकस्येदं द्वारं नाशनमात्मनः।कामः क्रोधस्तथा लोभस्तस्मादेतत्त्रयं त्यजेत्।।16.21।।
"16.21 The gates of hell are three: lust, wrath and avarice. They destroy the Self. Avoid them." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 16.21's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1959 Rākṣasa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1824 Śubhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1309
Malayalam Era: 1078
Nanakshahi: 433
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Siddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya9.46°MeṣaAśvinī P3
चन्द्र Candra192.40°TulāSvātī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala5.60°MeṣaAśvinī P2
बुध Budha3.94°MeṣaAśvinī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati293.26°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
शुक्र Śukra324.66°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
शनि Śani276.41°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:22 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:12 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:47 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:19 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:38 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 50 Mins 07 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 09 Mins 53 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:39 – 04:31
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:18 – 05:22
Abhijit Muhūrta11:21 – 12:13
Vijaya Muhūrta13:56 – 14:47
Godhūli Muhūrta18:00 – 18:24
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:12 – 18:44
Amṛta Kāla17:57 – 19:42
Niśīta Muhūrta23:21 – 00:13

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:47 – 13:23
Yamaganda06:58 – 08:35
Gulika Kāla10:11 – 11:47
Varjyam05:54 – 06:15
Dur Muhūrta 08:22 – 08:47

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu:
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Tropical Ayana:
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ 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 Labha05:22 – 06:58 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta06:58 – 08:35 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:35 – 10:11 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:11 – 11:47 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:47 – 13:23 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:23 – 15:00 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:00 – 16:36 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:36 – 18:12 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:12 – 19:36 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:36 – 21:00 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:00 – 22:23 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:23 – 23:47 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:47 – 01:11 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:11 – 02:35 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:35 – 03:58 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg03:58 – 05:22 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 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 Year5004 · Kali-5004
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1827397.27 · 5003.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2415862.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.4883° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)184.51° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 16/30)
🪷 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 (22.4883°) · declination 12.15° · EoT 1.60 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:1902-04-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)