पञ्चाङ्ग — Ranchi, Jharkhand · October 30, 1996 CE

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अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: करवा चौथ — Karvā Chauth
North Indian wives' fast for husband's longevity. Kṛṣṇa Caturthī of Kārtika.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.19 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
य एनं वेत्ति हन्तारं यश्चैनं मन्यते हतम्।

उभौ तौ न विजानीतो नायं हन्ति न हन्यते।।2.19।।
"2.19 He who thinks that the Spirit kills, and he who thinks of It as killed, are both ignorant. The Spirit kills not, nor is It killed." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.19's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2053 Virodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1918 Dhātṛ
Bengali Saṁvat: 1403
Malayalam Era: 1172
Nanakshahi: 527
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya193.09°TulāSvātī P2
चन्द्र Candra55.29°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala126.06°SiṃhaMaghā P2
बुध Budha191.15°TulāSvātī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati258.76°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शुक्र Śukra156.93°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
शनि Śani337.78°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:53 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:12 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:32 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:36 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:06 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 18 Mins 46 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 41 Mins 14 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:22 – 05:08
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:56 – 05:53
Abhijit Muhūrta11:10 – 11:55
Vijaya Muhūrta13:25 – 14:11
Godhūli Muhūrta17:00 – 17:24
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:12 – 17:40
Amṛta Kāla16:57 – 18:42
Niśīta Muhūrta23:10 – 23:55

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:32 – 12:57
Yamaganda07:18 – 08:43
Gulika Kāla10:07 – 11:32
Varjyam06:21 – 06:39
Dur Muhūrta 08:31 – 08:54

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
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):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha05:53 – 07:18 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:18 – 08:43 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:43 – 10:07 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:07 – 11:32 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:32 – 12:57 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg12:57 – 14:22 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:22 – 15:47 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:47 – 17:12 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:12 – 18:47 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:47 – 20:22 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:22 – 21:57 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta21:57 – 23:32 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:32 – 01:07 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:07 – 02:43 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:43 – 04:18 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:18 – 05:53 (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 Year5098 · Kali-5098
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1861921.27 · 5097.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450386.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8087° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)223.85° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 19/30)
🪷 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 (23.8087°) · declination -13.82° · EoT 16.45 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:1996-10-30 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)