पञ्चाङ्ग — Ranchi, Jharkhand · April 4, 1973 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: 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 15.18 · Chapter 15 · पुरुषोत्तमयोग · Puruṣottama-Yoga
यस्मात्क्षरमतीतोऽहमक्षरादपि चोत्तमः।अतोऽस्मि लोके वेदे च प्रथितः पुरुषोत्तमः।।15.18।।
"15.18 Beyond comparison of the Eternal with the non-eternal am I, Who am called by scriptures and sages the Supreme Personality, the Highest God." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 15.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2030 Akṣaya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1895 Pramādī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1380
Malayalam Era: 1149
Nanakshahi: 504
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 Sūrya350.65°MīnaRevatī P2
चन्द्र Candra358.09°MīnaRevatī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala282.68°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
बुध Budha324.50°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati284.39°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
शुक्र Śukra349.56°MīnaRevatī P1
शनि Śani52.58°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:39 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:05 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:52 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:05 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:39 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 26 Mins 36 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 33 Mins 24 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:59 – 04:49
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:37 – 05:39
Abhijit Muhūrta11:27 – 12:17
Vijaya Muhūrta13:57 – 14:46
Godhūli Muhūrta17:53 – 18:17
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:05 – 18:37
Amṛta Kāla17:50 – 19:35
Niśīta Muhūrta23:27 – 00:17

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:52 – 13:25
Yamaganda07:12 – 08:46
Gulika Kāla10:19 – 11:52
Varjyam06:10 – 06:30
Dur Muhūrta 08:33 – 08:58

🧭 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 Labha05:39 – 07:12 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:12 – 08:46 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:46 – 10:19 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:19 – 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 – 18:05 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:05 – 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 – 01:19 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:19 – 02:46 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:46 – 04:12 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:12 – 05:39 (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 Year5074 · Kali-5074
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1853311.27 · 5074.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2441776.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.4794° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)5.75° · 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 (23.4794°) · declination 5.57° · EoT -3.40 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:1973-04-04 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)