पञ्चाङ्ग — Ranchi, Jharkhand · January 18, 1993 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: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.40 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
नेहाभिक्रमनाशोऽस्ति प्रत्यवायो न विद्यते।

स्वल्पमप्यस्य धर्मस्य त्रायते महतो भयात्।।2.40।।
"2.40 On this Path, endeavour is never wasted, nor can it ever be repressed. Even a very little of its practice protects one from great danger." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.40's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2050 Vyaya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1915 Śrīmukha
Bengali Saṁvat: 1400
Malayalam Era: 1169
Nanakshahi: 524
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Anurādhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Gaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya274.20°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra219.76°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala80.13°MithunaPunarvasu P1
बुध Budha270.72°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati170.60°KanyāHasta P4
शुक्र Śukra321.33°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
शनि Śani294.41°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:32 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:26 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:59 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:56 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:46 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 53 Mins 17 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 06 Mins 43 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:05 – 05:49
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:38 – 06:32
Abhijit Muhūrta11:37 – 12:21
Vijaya Muhūrta13:48 – 14:32
Godhūli Muhūrta17:14 – 17:38
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:26 – 17:53
Amṛta Kāla17:11 – 18:56
Niśīta Muhūrta23:37 – 00:21

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:54 – 09:16
Yamaganda10:37 – 11:59
Gulika Kāla13:21 – 14:42
Varjyam07:00 – 07:17
Dur Muhūrta 09:05 – 09:27

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:32 – 07:54 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:54 – 09:16 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:16 – 10:37 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:37 – 11:59 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:59 – 13:21 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:21 – 14:42 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:42 – 16:04 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:04 – 17:26 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:26 – 19:04 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:04 – 20:42 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:42 – 22:21 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:21 – 23:59 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:59 – 01:37 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:37 – 03:16 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:16 – 04:54 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:54 – 06:32 (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 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 Year5094 · Kali-5094
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1860540.27 · 5094.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2449005.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.7559° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)304.01° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 26/30)
🪷 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 (23.7559°) · declination -20.57° · EoT -10.35 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:1993-01-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)