पञ्चाङ्ग — Ranchi, Jharkhand · December 17, 1955 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: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 15.9 · Chapter 15 · पुरुषोत्तमयोग · Puruṣottama-Yoga
श्रोत्रं चक्षुः स्पर्शनं च रसनं घ्राणमेव च।अधिष्ठाय मनश्चायं विषयानुपसेवते।।15.9।।
"15.9 He is the perception of the ear, the eye, the touch, the taste and the smell, yea and of the mind also; and the enjoyment the things which they perceive is also His." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 15.9's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2012 Kīlaka
Śaka Saṁvat: 1877 Manmatha
Bengali Saṁvat: 1362
Malayalam Era: 1131
Nanakshahi: 486
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Tṛtīyā (3/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya241.07°DhanuMūla P1
चन्द्र Candra270.66°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala199.05°TulāSvātī P4
बुध Budha248.65°DhanuMūla P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati128.14°SiṃhaMaghā P3
शुक्र Śukra268.40°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शनि Śani214.40°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:24 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:07 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:46 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:20 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:08 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 42 Mins 17 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 17 Mins 43 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:59 – 05:42
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:31 – 06:24
Abhijit Muhūrta11:24 – 12:07
Vijaya Muhūrta13:33 – 14:15
Godhūli Muhūrta16:55 – 17:19
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:07 – 17:33
Amṛta Kāla16:52 – 18:37
Niśīta Muhūrta23:24 – 00:07

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:05 – 10:25
Yamaganda13:06 – 14:26
Gulika Kāla06:24 – 07:45
Varjyam06:51 – 07:08
Dur Muhūrta 08:54 – 09:16

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:24 – 07:45 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:45 – 09:05 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:05 – 10:25 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:25 – 11:46 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:46 – 13:06 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:06 – 14:26 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:26 – 15:46 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla15:46 – 17:07 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:07 – 18:46 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta18:46 – 20:26 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:26 – 22:06 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:06 – 23:46 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:46 – 01:25 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:25 – 03:05 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:05 – 04:45 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:45 – 06:24 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 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 Year5057 · Kali-5057
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1846993.27 · 5056.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2435458.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.2378° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)32.70° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 3/30)
🪷 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 (23.2378°) · declination -23.31° · EoT 3.25 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:1955-12-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)