पञ्चाङ्ग — Ranchi, Jharkhand · February 5, 1997 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: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 4.2 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
एवं परम्पराप्राप्तमिमं राजर्षयो विदुः।

स कालेनेह महता योगो नष्टः परन्तप।।4.2।।
"4.2 The Divine Kings knew it, for it was their tradition. Then, after a long time, at last it was forgotten." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.2's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2054 Vikṛti
Śaka Saṁvat: 1919 Īśvara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1404
Malayalam Era: 1173
Nanakshahi: 528
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya292.46°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
चन्द्र Candra256.00°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala162.05°KanyāHasta P1
बुध Budha270.34°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati279.62°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
शुक्र Śukra278.59°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
शनि Śani340.17°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:28 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:38 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:03 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:17 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:58 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 10 Mins 53 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 49 Mins 07 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:58 – 05:43
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:32 – 06:28
Abhijit Muhūrta11:41 – 12:25
Vijaya Muhūrta13:55 – 14:40
Godhūli Muhūrta17:26 – 17:50
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:38 – 18:06
Amṛta Kāla17:23 – 19:08
Niśīta Muhūrta23:41 – 00:25

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:03 – 13:27
Yamaganda07:51 – 09:15
Gulika Kāla10:39 – 12:03
Varjyam06:55 – 07:13
Dur Muhūrta 09:04 – 09:26

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Prajāpati (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:28 – 07:51 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:51 – 09:15 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:15 – 10:39 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:39 – 12:03 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:03 – 13:27 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:27 – 14:51 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:51 – 16:15 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:15 – 17:38 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:38 – 19:15 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:15 – 20:51 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:51 – 22:27 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:27 – 00:03 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:03 – 01:39 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:39 – 03:15 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:15 – 04:51 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:51 – 06:28 (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)1862019.27 · 5098.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450484.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8125° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)324.95° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 28/30)
🪷 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 (23.8125°) · declination -15.96° · EoT -14.20 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:1997-02-05 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)