पञ्चाङ्ग — Ranchi, Jharkhand · August 20, 1985 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: गणेश चतुर्थी — Gaṇeśa Caturthī
Gaṇeśa's birth day; 11-day festival in Maharashtra.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 4.21 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
निराशीर्यतचित्तात्मा त्यक्तसर्वपरिग्रहः।

शारीरं केवलं कर्म कुर्वन्नाप्नोति किल्बिषम्।।4.21।।
"4.21 Expecting nothing, his mind and personality controlled, without greed, doing bodily actions only; though he acts, yet he remains untainted." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.21's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2042 Bahudhānya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1907 Krodhana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1392
Malayalam Era: 1161
Nanakshahi: 516
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya123.32°SiṃhaMaghā P1
चन्द्र Candra171.47°KanyāHasta P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala113.19°KarkaAśleṣā P2
बुध Budha109.81°KarkaAśleṣā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati287.27°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
शुक्र Śukra86.98°MithunaPunarvasu P3
शनि Śani207.97°TulāViśākhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:26 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:18 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:52 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:12 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:57 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 51 Mins 28 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 08 Mins 32 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:43 – 04:35
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:22 – 05:26
Abhijit Muhūrta11:26 – 12:18
Vijaya Muhūrta14:00 – 14:52
Godhūli Muhūrta18:06 – 18:30
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:18 – 18:50
Amṛta Kāla18:03 – 19:48
Niśīta Muhūrta23:26 – 00:18

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:05 – 16:41
Yamaganda08:39 – 10:15
Gulika Kāla11:52 – 13:28
Varjyam05:58 – 06:19
Dur Muhūrta 08:26 – 08:52

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga05:26 – 07:03 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:03 – 08:39 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:39 – 10:15 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:15 – 11:52 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:52 – 13:28 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:28 – 15:05 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:05 – 16:41 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:41 – 18:18 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:18 – 19:41 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:41 – 21:05 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:05 – 22:28 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:28 – 23:52 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:52 – 01:15 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:15 – 02:39 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:39 – 04:03 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:03 – 05:26 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 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 Year5087 · Kali-5087
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1857832.27 · 5086.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2446297.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.6523° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)46.25° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 4/30)
🪷 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 (23.6523°) · declination 12.52° · EoT -3.05 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:1985-08-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)