पञ्चाङ्ग — Ranchi, Jharkhand · March 6, 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: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 14.5 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
सत्त्वं रजस्तम इति गुणाः प्रकृतिसंभवाः।निबध्नन्ति महाबाहो देहे देहिनमव्ययम्।।14.5।।
"14.5 Purity, Passion and Ignorance are the Qualities which the Law of nature bringeth forth. They fetter the free Spirit in all beings." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.5's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2053 Virodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1918 Dhātṛ
Bengali Saṁvat: 1403
Malayalam Era: 1172
Nanakshahi: 527
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya321.95°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
चन्द्र Candra149.44°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala321.66°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
बुध Budha303.96°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati258.90°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शुक्र Śukra6.23°MeṣaAśvinī P2
शनि Śani332.22°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:07 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:55 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:01 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:24 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:38 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 47 Mins 50 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 12 Mins 10 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:32 – 05:20
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:08 – 06:07
Abhijit Muhūrta11:37 – 12:24
Vijaya Muhūrta13:59 – 14:46
Godhūli Muhūrta17:43 – 18:07
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:55 – 18:24
Amṛta Kāla17:40 – 19:25
Niśīta Muhūrta23:37 – 00:24

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:01 – 13:29
Yamaganda07:35 – 09:04
Gulika Kāla10:32 – 12:01
Varjyam06:36 – 06:55
Dur Muhūrta 08:52 – 09:16

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mātaṇga (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:07 – 07:35 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:35 – 09:04 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:04 – 10:32 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:32 – 12:01 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:01 – 13:29 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:29 – 14:58 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:58 – 16:26 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:26 – 17:55 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:55 – 19:26 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:26 – 20:58 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:58 – 22:29 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:29 – 00:01 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:01 – 01:32 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:32 – 03:04 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:04 – 04:35 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:35 – 06:07 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 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)1861683.27 · 5097.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450148.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.7996° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)187.42° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 16/30)
🪷 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 (23.7996°) · declination -5.62° · EoT -12.00 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:1996-03-06 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)