पञ्चाङ्ग — Ranchi, Jharkhand · April 6, 1932 CE

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अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: चैत्र नवरात्रि आरम्भ — Caitra Navrātri Start (Gudhi Padwā)
Spring Navrātri begins; Vasanta-pakṣa Devī worship. Maharashtra: Gudhi Padwā. South: Ugadi. Sindhi: Cheti Chand.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.7 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
तस्मात्सर्वेषु कालेषु मामनुस्मर युध्य च।

मय्यर्पितमनोबुद्धिर्मामेवैष्यस्यसंशयम्।।8.7।।
"8.7 Therefore meditate always on Me, and fight; if thy mind and thy reason be fixed on Me, to Me shalt thou surely come." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.7's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1989 Pārthiva
Śaka Saṁvat: 1854 Aṅgirasa
Bengali Saṁvat: 1339
Malayalam Era: 1108
Nanakshahi: 463
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Kiṃstughna
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya353.12°MīnaRevatī P2
चन्द्र Candra352.90°MīnaRevatī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala340.13°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
बुध Budha1.61°MeṣaAśvinī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati110.17°KarkaAśleṣā P2
शुक्र Śukra39.19°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4
शनि Śani281.07°MakaraŚravaṇa P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:37 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:06 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:52 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:37 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:04 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 29 Mins 11 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 30 Mins 49 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:57 – 04:47
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:35 – 05:37
Abhijit Muhūrta11:27 – 12:17
Vijaya Muhūrta13:56 – 14:46
Godhūli Muhūrta17:54 – 18:18
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:06 – 18:37
Amṛta Kāla17:51 – 19:36
Niśīta Muhūrta23:27 – 00:17

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:52 – 13:25
Yamaganda07:11 – 08:44
Gulika Kāla10:18 – 11:52
Varjyam06:08 – 06:28
Dur Muhūrta 08:32 – 08:57

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha05:37 – 07:11 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:11 – 08:44 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:44 – 10:18 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:18 – 11:52 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:52 – 13:25 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:25 – 14:59 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:59 – 16:32 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:32 – 18:06 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:06 – 19:32 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:32 – 20:59 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:59 – 22:25 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:25 – 23:52 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:52 – 01:18 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:18 – 02:44 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:44 – 04:11 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:11 – 05:37 (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 Year5033 · Kali-5033
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1838338.27 · 5033.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2426803.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.9067° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)1.05° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 1/30)
🪷 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 (22.9067°) · declination 6.31° · EoT -2.79 min · verified ±1 min vs DrikpanchangLineage: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:1932-04-06 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)