पञ्चाङ्ग — Ranchi, Jharkhand · September 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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🪷 आज: गणेश चतुर्थी — Gaṇeśa Caturthī
Gaṇeśa's birth day; 11-day festival in Maharashtra.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.22 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
यावदेतान्निरीक्षेऽहं योद्धुकामानवस्थितान्।

कैर्मया सह योद्धव्यमस्मिन्रणसमुद्यमे।।1.22।।
"1.22 So that I may observe those who must fight on my side, those who must fight against me;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.22's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2053 Virodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1918 Dhātṛ
Bengali Saṁvat: 1403
Malayalam Era: 1172
Nanakshahi: 527
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Citrā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya149.65°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
चन्द्र Candra184.92°TulāCitrā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala100.11°KarkaPuṣya P3
बुध Budha152.93°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati254.32°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra105.78°KarkaPuṣya P4
शनि Śani340.94°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:35 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:51 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:43 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:21 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:47 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 16 Mins 15 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 43 Mins 45 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:57 – 04:46
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:33 – 05:35
Abhijit Muhūrta11:18 – 12:07
Vijaya Muhūrta13:46 – 14:35
Godhūli Muhūrta17:39 – 18:03
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:51 – 18:22
Amṛta Kāla17:36 – 19:21
Niśīta Muhūrta23:18 – 00:07

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:07 – 08:39
Yamaganda10:11 – 11:43
Gulika Kāla13:15 – 14:47
Varjyam06:05 – 06:25
Dur Muhūrta 08:27 – 08:51

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta05:35 – 07:07 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:07 – 08:39 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:39 – 10:11 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:11 – 11:43 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:43 – 13:15 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:15 – 14:47 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:47 – 16:19 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:19 – 17:51 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:51 – 19:19 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:19 – 20:47 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:47 – 22:15 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:15 – 23:43 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:43 – 01:11 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:11 – 02:39 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:39 – 04:07 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:07 – 05:35 (neutral)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 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 Year5098 · Kali-5098
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1861877.27 · 5097.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450342.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8070° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)37.05° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 4/30)
🪷 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 (23.8070°) · declination 2.60° · EoT 5.87 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:1996-09-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)