पञ्चाङ्ग — Ranchi, Jharkhand · January 13, 1996 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 12.7 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
तेषामहं समुद्धर्ता मृत्युसंसारसागरात्।भवामि नचिरात्पार्थ मय्यावेशितचेतसाम्।।12.7।।
"12.7 O Arjuna! I rescue them from the ocean of life and death, for their minds are fixed on Me." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.7's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2053 Virodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1918 Dhātṛ
Bengali Saṁvat: 1403
Malayalam Era: 1172
Nanakshahi: 527
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Saptamī (22/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya268.32°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra168.51°KanyāHasta P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala279.83°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
बुध Budha280.51°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati248.53°DhanuMūla P3
शुक्र Śukra303.63°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
शनि Śani326.51°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:33 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:22 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:57 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:24 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:12 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 49 Mins 07 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 10 Mins 53 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:06 – 05:50
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:39 – 06:33
Abhijit Muhūrta11:36 – 12:19
Vijaya Muhūrta13:46 – 14:29
Godhūli Muhūrta17:10 – 17:34
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:22 – 17:49
Amṛta Kāla17:07 – 18:52
Niśīta Muhūrta23:36 – 00:19

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:15 – 10:36
Yamaganda13:19 – 14:40
Gulika Kāla06:33 – 07:54
Varjyam07:00 – 07:17
Dur Muhūrta 09:04 – 09:26

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Vajra (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
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 Kāla06:33 – 07:54 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:54 – 09:15 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:15 – 10:36 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:36 – 11:57 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:57 – 13:19 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:19 – 14:40 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:40 – 16:01 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:01 – 17:22 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:22 – 19:01 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:01 – 20:40 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:40 – 22:19 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:19 – 23:57 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:57 – 01:36 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:36 – 03:15 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:15 – 04:54 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:54 – 06:33 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 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 Year5097 · Kali-5097
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1861630.27 · 5097.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450095.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.7976° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)263.92° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 22/30)
🪷 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 (23.7976°) · declination -21.62° · EoT -8.64 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:1996-01-13 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)