पञ्चाङ्ग — Ranchi, Jharkhand · January 16, 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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Also observed today
- पोङ्गल · Pongal / Thai PongalRegional
- षट्तिला एकादशी · Ṣaṭ-tilā EkādaśīVaishnava
- एकादशी · EkādaśīVaishnava
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 12.10 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
अभ्यासेऽप्यसमर्थोऽसि मत्कर्मपरमो भव।मदर्थमपि कर्माणि कुर्वन् सिद्धिमवाप्स्यसि।।12.10।।
"12.10 And if thou are not strong enough to practise concentration, then devote thyself to My service, do all thine acts for My sake, and thou shalt still attain the goal." — Shri Purohit Swami
📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions
Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2053 Virodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1918 Dhātṛ
Bengali Saṁvat: 1403
Malayalam Era: 1172
Nanakshahi: 527
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)
🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)
| तिथि (Tithi) | Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī (26/30) |
|---|---|
| नक्षत्र (Nakshatra) | Viśākhā Pada 4 |
| योग (Yoga) | Gaṇḍa |
| करण (Karaṇa) | Bava |
| वार (Vāra) | Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) |
🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)
| Graha | Longitude | Rāśi | Nakshatra |
|---|---|---|---|
| सूर्य Sūrya | 271.38° | Makara | Uttara Āṣāḍhā P2 |
| चन्द्र Candra | 208.82° | Tulā | Viśākhā P3 |
| मङ्गल Maṅgala | 282.18° | Makara | Śravaṇa P1 |
| बुध Budha | 277.86° | Makara | Uttara Āṣāḍhā P4 |
| गुरु Bṛhaspati | 249.19° | Dhanu | Mūla P3 |
| शुक्र Śukra | 307.29° | Kumbha | Śatabhiṣā P1 |
| शनि Śani | 326.76° | Kumbha | Pūrva Bhādrapadā P3 |
☀️ Ranchi, Jharkhand — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)
| Sūryodaya (Sunrise) | 06:33 IST |
|---|---|
| Sūryāsta (Sunset) | 17:24 IST |
| Madhyāhna (Solar Noon) | 11:58 IST |
| Candrodaya (Moonrise) | 02:19 IST |
| Candrāsta (Moonset) | 13:18 IST |
| Dinamāna (Day Duration) | 10 Hours 51 Mins 12 Secs |
| Rātrimāna (Night Duration) | 13 Hours 08 Mins 48 Secs |
✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings
| Brahma Muhūrta | 05:06 – 05:49 |
|---|---|
| Prātaḥ Sandhyā | 05:39 – 06:33 |
| Abhijit Muhūrta | 11:37 – 12:20 |
| Vijaya Muhūrta | 13:47 – 14:30 |
| Godhūli Muhūrta | 17:12 – 17:36 |
| Sāyāhna Sandhyā | 17:24 – 17:51 |
| Amṛta Kāla | 17:09 – 18:54 |
| Niśīta Muhūrta | 23:37 – 00:20 |
⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)
| Rāhu Kāla | 14:41 – 16:03 |
|---|---|
| Yamaganda | 09:16 – 10:37 |
| Gulika Kāla | 11:58 – 13:20 |
| Varjyam | 07:00 – 07:17 |
| Dur Muhūrta | 09:05 – 09:27 |
🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa
Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Mātaṇga (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 · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna
🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows
| Day-1 Roga | 06:33 – 07:54 (inauspicious) |
|---|---|
| Day-2 Udveg | 07:54 – 09:16 (inauspicious) |
| Day-3 Chala | 09:16 – 10:37 (neutral) |
| Day-4 Labha | 10:37 – 11:58 (auspicious) |
| Day-5 Amṛta | 11:58 – 13:20 (auspicious) |
| Day-6 Kāla | 13:20 – 14:41 (inauspicious) |
| Day-7 Śubha | 14:41 – 16:03 (auspicious) |
| Day-8 Roga | 16:03 – 17:24 (inauspicious) |
Choghaḍiyā Night Windows
| Night-1 Kāla | 17:24 – 19:03 (inauspicious) |
|---|---|
| Night-2 Śubha | 19:03 – 20:41 (auspicious) |
| Night-3 Roga | 20:41 – 22:20 (inauspicious) |
| Night-4 Udveg | 22:20 – 23:58 (inauspicious) |
| Night-5 Chala | 23:58 – 01:37 (neutral) |
| Night-6 Labha | 01:37 – 03:16 (auspicious) |
| Night-7 Amṛta | 03:16 – 04:54 (auspicious) |
| Night-8 Kāla | 04:54 – 06:33 (inauspicious) |
🌐 Coordinates
Latitude: 23.3441°
Longitude: 85.3096°
Timezone: UTC+5.5
🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).
🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance
Today's Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:
-0562-04-11 — Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Viśākhā)
🌌 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 Year | 5097 · Kali-5097 |
|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch) | 1861633.27 · 5097.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight |
| Julian Day | 2450098.770833 · universal astronomical day-count |
| Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri) | 23.7977° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr |
| Sun-Moon angle (elongation) | 300.63° · 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 (23.7977°) · declination -21.10° · EoT -9.69 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:1996-01-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)