पञ्चाङ्ग — Ranchi, Jharkhand · December 16, 1976 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: 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 13.30 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
प्रकृत्यैव च कर्माणि क्रियमाणानि सर्वशः।यः पश्यति तथाऽऽत्मानमकर्तारं स पश्यति।।13.30।।
"13.30 He who understands that it is only the Law of Nature that brings action to fruition, and that the Self never acts, alone knows the Truth." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.30's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2033 Śukla
Śaka Saṁvat: 1898 Nala
Bengali Saṁvat: 1383
Malayalam Era: 1152
Nanakshahi: 507
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Daśamī (25/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Citrā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya240.68°DhanuMūla P1
चन्द्र Candra171.50°KanyāHasta P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala234.95°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
बुध Budha260.55°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati29.05°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
शुक्र Śukra284.45°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
शनि Śani113.07°KarkaAśleṣā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:24 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:06 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:45 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)01:16 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:01 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 42 Mins 18 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 17 Mins 42 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:58 – 05:41
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:30 – 06:24
Abhijit Muhūrta11:24 – 12:06
Vijaya Muhūrta13:32 – 14:15
Godhūli Muhūrta16:54 – 17:18
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:06 – 17:33
Amṛta Kāla16:51 – 18:36
Niśīta Muhūrta23:24 – 00:06

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:05 – 14:26
Yamaganda06:24 – 07:44
Gulika Kāla09:04 – 10:25
Varjyam06:51 – 07:08
Dur Muhūrta 08:54 – 09:15

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (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):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:24 – 07:44 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:44 – 09:04 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:04 – 10:25 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:25 – 11:45 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:45 – 13:05 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:05 – 14:26 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:26 – 15:46 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha15:46 – 17:06 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:06 – 18:46 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla18:46 – 20:26 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:26 – 22:05 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:05 – 23:45 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:45 – 01:25 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:25 – 03:04 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:04 – 04:44 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:44 – 06:24 (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 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 Year5078 · Kali-5078
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1854663.27 · 5077.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2443128.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.5311° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)293.74° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 25/30)
🪷 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 (23.5311°) · declination -23.31° · EoT 3.72 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:1976-12-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)