पञ्चाङ्ग — Ranchi, Jharkhand · December 24, 1966 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 10.7 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
एतां विभूतिं योगं च मम यो वेत्ति तत्त्वतः।

सोऽविकम्पेन योगेन युज्यते नात्र संशयः।।10.7।।
"10.7 He who rightly understands My manifested glory and My Creative Power, beyond doubt attains perfect peace." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.7's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2023 Siddhārthī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1888 Parābhava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1373
Malayalam Era: 1142
Nanakshahi: 497
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya248.38°DhanuMūla P3
चन्द्र Candra23.87°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala167.35°KanyāHasta P3
बुध Budha234.84°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati99.87°KarkaPuṣya P2
शुक्र Śukra259.82°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani330.84°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:28 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:10 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:49 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:18 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:24 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 41 Mins 50 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 18 Mins 10 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:02 – 05:45
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:34 – 06:28
Abhijit Muhūrta11:27 – 12:10
Vijaya Muhūrta13:36 – 14:19
Godhūli Muhūrta16:58 – 17:22
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:10 – 17:36
Amṛta Kāla16:55 – 18:40
Niśīta Muhūrta23:27 – 00:10

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:08 – 10:29
Yamaganda13:09 – 14:29
Gulika Kāla06:28 – 07:48
Varjyam06:55 – 07:12
Dur Muhūrta 08:58 – 09:19

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ 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):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:28 – 07:48 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:48 – 09:08 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:08 – 10:29 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:29 – 11:49 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:49 – 13:09 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:09 – 14:29 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:29 – 15:49 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla15:49 – 17:10 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:10 – 18:49 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta18:49 – 20:29 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:29 – 22:09 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:09 – 23:49 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:49 – 01:29 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:29 – 03:08 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:08 – 04:48 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:48 – 06:28 (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 Year5068 · Kali-5068
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1851018.27 · 5067.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2439483.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.3917° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)135.12° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 12/30)
🪷 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 (23.3917°) · declination -23.42° · EoT -0.03 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:1966-12-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)