पञ्चाङ्ग — Ranchi, Jharkhand · February 17, 1998 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: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 14.17 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
सत्त्वात्सञ्जायते ज्ञानं रजसो लोभ एव च।प्रमादमोहौ तमसो भवतोऽज्ञानमेव च।।14.17।।
"14.17 Purity engenders Wisdom, Passion avarice, and Ignorance folly, infatuation and darkness." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2055 Khara
Śaka Saṁvat: 1920 Bahudhānya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1405
Malayalam Era: 1174
Nanakshahi: 529
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vṛddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya304.34°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
चन्द्र Candra185.48°TulāCitrā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala324.01°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
बुध Budha300.17°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati309.17°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
शुक्र Śukra266.86°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शनि Śani353.01°MīnaRevatī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:21 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:46 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:03 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:25 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:51 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 24 Mins 57 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 35 Mins 03 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:49 – 05:35
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:24 – 06:21
Abhijit Muhūrta11:40 – 12:26
Vijaya Muhūrta13:57 – 14:43
Godhūli Muhūrta17:34 – 17:58
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:46 – 18:14
Amṛta Kāla17:31 – 19:16
Niśīta Muhūrta23:40 – 00:26

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:54 – 16:20
Yamaganda09:12 – 10:38
Gulika Kāla12:03 – 13:29
Varjyam06:49 – 07:08
Dur Muhūrta 09:01 – 09:23

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:21 – 07:46 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:46 – 09:12 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:12 – 10:38 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:38 – 12:03 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:03 – 13:29 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:29 – 14:54 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:54 – 16:20 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:20 – 17:46 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:46 – 19:20 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:20 – 20:54 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:54 – 22:29 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:29 – 00:03 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:03 – 01:38 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:38 – 03:12 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:12 – 04:46 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:46 – 06:21 (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 Year5099 · Kali-5099
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1862396.27 · 5099.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450861.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8269° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)244.79° · 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 (23.8269°) · declination -12.11° · EoT -14.49 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:1998-02-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)