पञ्चाङ्ग — Ranchi, Jharkhand · August 17, 1993 CE

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🪷 आज: महालय अमावस्या — Mahālaya Amāvasyā (Sarvapitṛ Amāvasyā)
Final day of Pitṛ-Pakṣa; tarpaṇa for all ancestors.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 7.18 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
उदाराः सर्व एवैते ज्ञानी त्वात्मैव मे मतम्।

आस्थितः स हि युक्तात्मा मामेवानुत्तमां गतिम्।।7.18।।
"7.18 Noble-minded are they all, but the wise man I hold as my own Self; for he, remaining always at peace with Me, makes me his final goal." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2050 Vyaya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1915 Śrīmukha
Bengali Saṁvat: 1400
Malayalam Era: 1169
Nanakshahi: 524
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā (30/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Catuṣpāda
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya120.39°SiṃhaMaghā P1
चन्द्र Candra109.76°KarkaAśleṣā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala159.47°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
बुध Budha108.04°KarkaAśleṣā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati168.59°KanyāHasta P3
शुक्र Śukra83.80°MithunaPunarvasu P2
शनि Śani303.34°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:25 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:20 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:53 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:37 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:43 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 54 Mins 58 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 05 Mins 02 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:42 – 04:33
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:20 – 05:25
Abhijit Muhūrta11:27 – 12:18
Vijaya Muhūrta14:02 – 14:53
Godhūli Muhūrta18:08 – 18:32
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:20 – 18:52
Amṛta Kāla18:05 – 19:50
Niśīta Muhūrta23:27 – 00:18

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:06 – 16:43
Yamaganda08:39 – 10:16
Gulika Kāla11:53 – 13:29
Varjyam05:57 – 06:18
Dur Muhūrta 08:26 – 08:52

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (Inauspicious)
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):
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):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga05:25 – 07:02 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:02 – 08:39 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:39 – 10:16 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:16 – 11:53 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:53 – 13:29 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:29 – 15:06 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:06 – 16:43 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:43 – 18:20 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:20 – 19:43 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:43 – 21:06 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:06 – 22:29 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:29 – 23:53 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:53 – 01:16 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:16 – 02:39 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:39 – 04:02 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:02 – 05:25 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā + Āśleṣā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā)

🌌 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 Year5095 · Kali-5095
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1860751.27 · 5094.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2449216.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.7640° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)348.79° · 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 (23.7640°) · declination 13.47° · EoT -3.75 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:1993-08-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)