पञ्चाङ्ग — Ranchi, Jharkhand · October 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: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.32 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
यदृच्छया चोपपन्नं स्वर्गद्वारमपावृतम्।

सुखिनः क्षत्रियाः पार्थ लभन्ते युद्धमीदृशम्।।2.32।।
"2.32 Blessed are the soldiers who find their opportunity. This opportunity has opened for thee the gates of heaven." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.32's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2055 Khara
Śaka Saṁvat: 1920 Bahudhānya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1405
Malayalam Era: 1174
Nanakshahi: 529
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Navamī (24/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya176.66°KanyāCitrā P1
चन्द्र Candra105.56°KarkaPuṣya P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala130.15°SiṃhaMaghā P4
बुध Budha189.11°TulāSvātī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati325.86°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
शुक्र Śukra172.55°KanyāHasta P4
शनि Śani7.02°MeṣaAśvinī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:44 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:24 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:34 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)00:15 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:24 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 39 Mins 30 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 20 Mins 30 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:11 – 04:58
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:46 – 05:44
Abhijit Muhūrta11:11 – 11:57
Vijaya Muhūrta13:31 – 14:17
Godhūli Muhūrta17:12 – 17:36
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:24 – 17:53
Amṛta Kāla17:09 – 18:54
Niśīta Muhūrta23:11 – 23:57

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:34 – 13:02
Yamaganda07:12 – 08:39
Gulika Kāla10:07 – 11:34
Varjyam06:14 – 06:32
Dur Muhūrta 08:28 – 08:51

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
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 Labha05:44 – 07:12 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:12 – 08:39 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:39 – 10:07 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:07 – 11:34 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:34 – 13:02 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:02 – 14:29 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:29 – 15:56 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:56 – 17:24 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:24 – 18:56 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:56 – 20:29 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:29 – 22:02 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:02 – 23:34 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:34 – 01:07 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:07 – 02:39 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:39 – 04:12 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:12 – 05:44 (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 Year5100 · Kali-5100
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1862635.27 · 5099.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2451100.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8360° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)286.03° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 24/30)
🪷 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 (23.8360°) · declination -8.00° · EoT 14.65 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:1998-10-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)