पञ्चाङ्ग — Ranchi, Jharkhand · March 14, 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 15.15 · Chapter 15 · पुरुषोत्तमयोग · Puruṣottama-Yoga🪷 Sarvasya Cāhaṁ Hṛdi Sanniviṣṭo · I dwell in every heart
सर्वस्य चाहं हृदि सन्निविष्टो मत्तः स्मृतिर्ज्ञानमपोहनं च।वेदैश्च सर्वैरहमेव वेद्यो वेदान्तकृद्वेदविदेव चाहम्।।15.15।।
"15.15 I am enthroned in the hearts of all; memory, wisdom and discrimination owe their origins to Me. I am He Who is to be realised in the scriptures; I inspire their wisdom and I know their truth." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 15.15'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 Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Gaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya329.43°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
चन्द्र Candra158.60°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala343.44°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
बुध Budha346.02°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati315.17°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
शुक्र Śukra283.72°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
शनि Śani355.74°MīnaRevatī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:00 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:58 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:59 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:35 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:36 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 58 Mins 01 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 01 Mins 59 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:24 – 05:12
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:00 – 06:00
Abhijit Muhūrta11:35 – 12:23
Vijaya Muhūrta13:58 – 14:46
Godhūli Muhūrta17:46 – 18:10
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:58 – 18:28
Amṛta Kāla17:43 – 19:28
Niśīta Muhūrta23:35 – 00:23

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:59 – 10:29
Yamaganda13:28 – 14:58
Gulika Kāla06:00 – 07:29
Varjyam06:30 – 06:49
Dur Muhūrta 08:47 – 09:11

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Vajra (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:00 – 07:29 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:29 – 08:59 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:59 – 10:29 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:29 – 11:59 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:59 – 13:28 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:28 – 14:58 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:58 – 16:28 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:28 – 17:58 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:58 – 19:28 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:28 – 20:58 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:58 – 22:28 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:28 – 23:59 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:59 – 01:29 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:29 – 02:59 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:59 – 04:29 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:29 – 06:00 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 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)1862421.27 · 5099.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450886.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8278° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)191.18° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 16/30)
🪷 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 (23.8278°) · declination -2.68° · EoT -9.94 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:1998-03-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)