पञ्चाङ्ग — Ranchi, Jharkhand · March 31, 1995 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 4.26 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
श्रोत्रादीनीन्द्रियाण्यन्ये संयमाग्निषु जुह्वति।

शब्दादीन्विषयानन्य इन्द्रियाग्निषु जुह्वति।।4.26।।
"4.26 Some sacrifice their physical senses in the fire of self-control; others offer up their contact with external objects in the sacrificial fire of their senses." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.26's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2052 Sarvadhāri
Śaka Saṁvat: 1917 Yuva
Bengali Saṁvat: 1402
Malayalam Era: 1171
Nanakshahi: 526
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Kiṃstughna
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya346.07°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
चन्द्र Candra345.46°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala109.65°KarkaAśleṣā P1
बुध Budha332.10°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati231.73°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
शुक्र Śukra309.68°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
शनि Śani324.23°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:43 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:04 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:53 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:42 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:00 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 20 Mins 47 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 39 Mins 13 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:04 – 04:54
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:41 – 05:43
Abhijit Muhūrta11:29 – 12:18
Vijaya Muhūrta13:57 – 14:46
Godhūli Muhūrta17:52 – 18:16
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:04 – 18:35
Amṛta Kāla17:49 – 19:34
Niśīta Muhūrta23:29 – 00:18

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:21 – 11:53
Yamaganda14:59 – 16:31
Gulika Kāla07:16 – 08:48
Varjyam06:14 – 06:34
Dur Muhūrta 08:36 – 09:01

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (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 Chala05:43 – 07:16 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:16 – 08:48 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:48 – 10:21 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:21 – 11:53 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:53 – 13:26 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:26 – 14:59 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:59 – 16:31 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:31 – 18:04 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:04 – 19:31 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:31 – 20:59 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:59 – 22:26 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:26 – 23:53 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:53 – 01:21 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:21 – 02:48 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:48 – 04:16 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:16 – 05:43 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 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 Year5096 · Kali-5096
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1861342.27 · 5096.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2449807.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.7866° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)1.04° · 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 (23.7866°) · declination 3.91° · EoT -4.66 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:1995-03-31 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)