पञ्चाङ्ग — Ranchi, Jharkhand · November 1, 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: तुला सङ्क्रान्ति — Tulā Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Libra.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.21 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
वेदाविनाशिनं नित्यं य एनमजमव्ययम्।

कथं स पुरुषः पार्थ कं घातयति हन्ति कम्।।2.21।।
"2.21 He who knows the Spirit as Indestructible, Immortal, Unborn, Always-the-Same, how should he kill or cause to be killed?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.21'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 Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Punarvasu Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya195.09°TulāSvātī P3
चन्द्र Candra80.13°MithunaPunarvasu P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala127.17°SiṃhaMaghā P3
बुध Budha194.43°TulāSvātī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati259.07°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शुक्र Śukra159.34°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
शनि Śani337.67°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:54 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:11 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:32 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:08 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:37 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 16 Mins 24 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 43 Mins 36 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:24 – 05:09
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:58 – 05:54
Abhijit Muhūrta11:10 – 11:55
Vijaya Muhūrta13:25 – 14:10
Godhūli Muhūrta16:59 – 17:23
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:11 – 17:39
Amṛta Kāla16:56 – 18:41
Niśīta Muhūrta23:10 – 23:55

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:08 – 11:32
Yamaganda14:21 – 15:46
Gulika Kāla07:19 – 08:43
Varjyam06:22 – 06:40
Dur Muhūrta 08:32 – 08:54

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (Auspicious)
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 · 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 · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:54 – 07:19 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:19 – 08:43 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:43 – 10:08 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:08 – 11:32 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:32 – 12:57 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga12:57 – 14:21 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:21 – 15:46 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala15:46 – 17:11 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:11 – 18:46 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg18:46 – 20:21 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:21 – 21:57 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha21:57 – 23:32 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:32 – 01:08 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:08 – 02:43 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:43 – 04:19 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:19 – 05:54 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

🌌 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)1861923.27 · 5097.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450388.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8088° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)246.24° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 21/30)
🪷 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 (23.8088°) · declination -14.46° · EoT 16.44 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:1996-11-01 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)