पञ्चाङ्ग — Ranchi, Jharkhand · May 24, 1971 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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🪷 आज: वट सावित्री अमावस्या — Vaṭa Sāvitrī Amāvasyā
Sāvitrī's redemption of Satyavān from Yama; pati-vrata observance.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 16.18 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga
अहङ्कारं बलं दर्पं कामं क्रोधं च संश्रिताः।मामात्मपरदेहेषु प्रद्विषन्तोऽभ्यसूयकाः।।16.18।।
"16.18 Puffed up by power and inordinate conceit, swayed by lust and wrath, these wicked people hate Me Who am within them, as I am within all." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 16.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Jyeṣṭha (Jyeṣṭha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2028 Raktākṣī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1893 Virodhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1378
Malayalam Era: 1147
Nanakshahi: 502
Solar Month: Vṛṣabha (Vaikāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā (30/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Kṛttikā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Nāga
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya38.78°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4
चन्द्र Candra32.30°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala286.62°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
बुध Budha14.36°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati218.78°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
शुक्र Śukra13.63°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
शनि Śani33.70°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:04 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:27 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:45 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:42 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:57 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 22 Mins 35 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 37 Mins 25 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:17 – 04:11
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:57 – 05:04
Abhijit Muhūrta11:19 – 12:12
Vijaya Muhūrta13:59 – 14:53
Godhūli Muhūrta18:15 – 18:39
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:27 – 19:00
Amṛta Kāla18:12 – 19:57
Niśīta Muhūrta23:19 – 00:12

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla06:44 – 08:25
Yamaganda10:05 – 11:45
Gulika Kāla13:26 – 15:06
Varjyam05:38 – 05:59
Dur Muhūrta 08:11 – 08:38

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ 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):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta05:04 – 06:44 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla06:44 – 08:25 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:25 – 10:05 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:05 – 11:45 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:45 – 13:26 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:26 – 15:06 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:06 – 16:46 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:46 – 18:27 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala18:27 – 19:46 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:46 – 21:06 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:06 – 22:26 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:26 – 23:45 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:45 – 01:05 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:05 – 02:25 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:25 – 03:44 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala03:44 – 05:04 (neutral)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā + Kṛttikā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Kṛttikā)
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā)
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Kṛttikā)

🌌 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 Year5073 · Kali-5073
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1852630.27 · 5072.3 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2441095.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.4534° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)355.26° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 30/30)
🪷 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 (23.4534°) · declination 20.61° · EoT 3.31 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:1971-05-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)