पञ्चाङ्ग — Ranchi, Jharkhand · December 2, 1998 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: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.9 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
यज्ञार्थात्कर्मणोऽन्यत्र लोकोऽयं कर्मबन्धनः।

तदर्थं कर्म कौन्तेय मुक्तसंगः समाचर।।3.9।।
"3.9 In this world people are fettered by action, unless it is performed as a sacrifice. Therefore, O Arjuna, let thy acts be done without attachment, as sacrifice only." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.9's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2055 Khara
Śaka Saṁvat: 1920 Bahudhānya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1405
Malayalam Era: 1174
Nanakshahi: 529
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya225.81°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
चन्द्र Candra23.13°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala158.74°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
बुध Budha224.92°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati324.90°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
शुक्र Śukra233.98°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
शनि Śani3.54°MeṣaAśvinī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:15 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:03 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:39 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:35 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:41 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 48 Mins 01 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 11 Mins 59 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:49 – 05:32
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:21 – 06:15
Abhijit Muhūrta11:17 – 12:01
Vijaya Muhūrta13:27 – 14:10
Godhūli Muhūrta16:51 – 17:15
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:03 – 17:30
Amṛta Kāla16:48 – 18:33
Niśīta Muhūrta23:17 – 00:01

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:39 – 13:00
Yamaganda07:36 – 08:57
Gulika Kāla10:18 – 11:39
Varjyam06:42 – 06:59
Dur Muhūrta 08:46 – 09:08

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ 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):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:15 – 07:36 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:36 – 08:57 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:57 – 10:18 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:18 – 11:39 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:39 – 13:00 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:00 – 14:21 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:21 – 15:42 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:42 – 17:03 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:03 – 18:42 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:42 – 20:21 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:21 – 22:00 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:00 – 23:39 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:39 – 01:18 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:18 – 02:57 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:57 – 04:36 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:36 – 06:15 (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)1862684.27 · 5099.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2451149.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8379° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)159.23° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 14/30)
🪷 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 (23.8379°) · declination -21.89° · EoT 9.75 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:1998-12-02 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)