पञ्चाङ्ग — Ranchi, Jharkhand · December 27, 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: 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 3.5 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
न हि कश्िचत्क्षणमपि जातु तिष्ठत्यकर्मकृत्।

कार्यते ह्यवशः कर्म सर्वः प्रकृतिजैर्गुणैः।।3.5।।
"3.5 He cannot even for a moment remain really inactive, for the Qualities of Nature will compel him to act whether he will or no." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.5's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa 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)Kṛṣṇa Tṛtīyā (18/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya251.75°DhanuMūla P4
चन्द्र Candra96.12°KarkaPuṣya P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala153.67°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
बुध Budha264.54°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati270.28°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शुक्र Śukra228.48°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
शनि Śani337.28°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:29 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:11 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:50 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:48 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:07 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 42 Mins 15 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 17 Mins 45 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:03 – 05:46
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:36 – 06:29
Abhijit Muhūrta11:29 – 12:12
Vijaya Muhūrta13:37 – 14:20
Godhūli Muhūrta16:59 – 17:23
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:11 – 17:38
Amṛta Kāla16:56 – 18:41
Niśīta Muhūrta23:29 – 00:12

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:30 – 11:50
Yamaganda14:31 – 15:51
Gulika Kāla07:49 – 09:10
Varjyam06:56 – 07:13
Dur Muhūrta 08:59 – 09:20

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhātṛ (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:29 – 07:49 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:49 – 09:10 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:10 – 10:30 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:30 – 11:50 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:50 – 13:10 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:10 – 14:31 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:31 – 15:51 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala15:51 – 17:11 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:11 – 18:51 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg18:51 – 20:31 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:31 – 22:10 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:10 – 23:50 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:50 – 01:30 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:30 – 03:10 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:10 – 04:49 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:49 – 06:29 (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 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)1861979.27 · 5097.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450444.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8109° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)207.04° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 18/30)
🪷 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 (23.8109°) · declination -23.32° · EoT -1.42 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:1996-12-27 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)