पञ्चाङ्ग — Ranchi, Jharkhand · December 17, 1996 CE

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🪷 आज: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.67 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
इन्द्रियाणां हि चरतां यन्मनोऽनुविधीयते।

तदस्य हरति प्रज्ञां वायुर्नावमिवाम्भसि।।2.67।।
"2.67 As a ship at sea is tossed by the tempest, so the reason is carried away by the mind when preyed upon by straying senses." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.67's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2053 Virodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1918 Dhātṛ
Bengali Saṁvat: 1403
Malayalam Era: 1172
Nanakshahi: 527
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Saptamī (7/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Bhādrapadā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Siddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya241.57°DhanuMūla P1
चन्द्र Candra326.99°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala149.79°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
बुध Budha262.08°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati268.03°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra216.00°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
शनि Śani336.95°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:24 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:07 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:46 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:31 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:23 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 42 Mins 06 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 17 Mins 54 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:59 – 05:42
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:31 – 06:24
Abhijit Muhūrta11:24 – 12:07
Vijaya Muhūrta13:33 – 14:15
Godhūli Muhūrta16:55 – 17:19
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:07 – 17:33
Amṛta Kāla16:52 – 18:37
Niśīta Muhūrta23:24 – 00:07

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:26 – 15:46
Yamaganda09:05 – 10:25
Gulika Kāla11:46 – 13:06
Varjyam06:51 – 07:08
Dur Muhūrta 08:54 – 09:16

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Saumya (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
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 · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:24 – 07:45 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:45 – 09:05 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:05 – 10:25 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:25 – 11:46 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:46 – 13:06 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:06 – 14:26 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:26 – 15:46 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:46 – 17:07 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:07 – 18:46 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:46 – 20:26 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:26 – 22:06 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:06 – 23:46 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:46 – 01:25 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:25 – 03:05 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:05 – 04:45 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:45 – 06:24 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 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)1861969.27 · 5097.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450434.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8105° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)83.01° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 7/30)
🪷 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 (23.8105°) · declination -23.36° · EoT 3.25 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:1996-12-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)