पञ्चाङ्ग — Ranchi, Jharkhand · October 17, 1940 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: तुला सङ्क्रान्ति — Tulā Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Libra.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.6 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
एतान्यपि तु कर्माणि सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा फलानि च।कर्तव्यानीति मे पार्थ निश्िचतं मतमुत्तमम्।।18.6।।
"18.6 But they should be done with detachment and without thought of recompense. This is my final judgment." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.6's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1997 Vijaya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1862 Vikrama
Bengali Saṁvat: 1347
Malayalam Era: 1116
Nanakshahi: 471
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Aśvinī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya180.49°TulāCitrā P3
चन्द्र Candra8.01°MeṣaAśvinī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala165.21°KanyāHasta P2
बुध Budha205.50°TulāViśākhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati20.47°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
शुक्र Śukra139.40°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
शनि Śani20.08°MeṣaBharaṇī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:46 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:21 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:34 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:40 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:27 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 35 Mins 32 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 24 Mins 28 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:13 – 04:59
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:48 – 05:46
Abhijit Muhūrta11:10 – 11:57
Vijaya Muhūrta13:29 – 14:16
Godhūli Muhūrta17:09 – 17:33
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:21 – 17:50
Amṛta Kāla17:06 – 18:51
Niśīta Muhūrta23:10 – 23:57

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:00 – 14:27
Yamaganda05:46 – 07:13
Gulika Kāla08:40 – 10:07
Varjyam06:15 – 06:33
Dur Muhūrta 08:28 – 08:51

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:46 – 07:13 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:13 – 08:40 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:40 – 10:07 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:07 – 11:34 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:34 – 13:00 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:00 – 14:27 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:27 – 15:54 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha15:54 – 17:21 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:21 – 18:54 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla18:54 – 20:27 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:27 – 22:00 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:00 – 23:34 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:34 – 01:07 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:07 – 02:40 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:40 – 04:13 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:13 – 05:46 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Pratipada + Aśvinī alignment also occurred on:
-3101-02-18Kali Yuga Epoch (same Aśvinī)

🌌 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 Year5042 · Kali-5042
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1841454.27 · 5041.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2429919.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.0259° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)188.95° · 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 (23.0259°) · declination -9.13° · EoT 15.23 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:1940-10-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)