पञ्चाङ्ग — Ranchi, Jharkhand · March 22, 1999 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: रामानुजाचार्य जयन्ती — Rāmānujācārya Jayantī
Birth of Rāmānujācārya; Viśiṣṭādvaita-pratiṣṭhāpaka. Caitra Śukla 5.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.5 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
उद्धरेदात्मनाऽऽत्मानं नात्मानमवसादयेत्।

आत्मैव ह्यात्मनो बन्धुरात्मैव रिपुरात्मनः।।6.5।।
"6.5 Let him seek liberation by the help of his Highest Self, and let him never disgrace his own Self. For that Self is his only friend; yet it may also be his enemy." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.5's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2056 Nandana
Śaka Saṁvat: 1921 Pramāthi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1406
Malayalam Era: 1175
Nanakshahi: 530
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pañcamī (5/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Kṛttikā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya337.13°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
चन्द्र Candra35.55°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala198.26°TulāSvātī P4
बुध Budha333.00°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati344.74°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
शुक्र Śukra10.55°MeṣaAśvinī P4
शनि Śani8.37°MeṣaAśvinī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:52 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:01 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:56 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:11 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:29 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 08 Mins 36 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 51 Mins 24 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:15 – 05:03
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:51 – 05:52
Abhijit Muhūrta11:32 – 12:21
Vijaya Muhūrta13:58 – 14:46
Godhūli Muhūrta17:49 – 18:13
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:01 – 18:31
Amṛta Kāla17:46 – 19:31
Niśīta Muhūrta23:32 – 00:21

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:23 – 08:54
Yamaganda10:25 – 11:56
Gulika Kāla13:27 – 14:58
Varjyam06:22 – 06:42
Dur Muhūrta 08:42 – 09:06

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta05:52 – 07:23 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:23 – 08:54 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:54 – 10:25 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:25 – 11:56 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:56 – 13:27 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:27 – 14:58 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:58 – 16:30 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:30 – 18:01 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala18:01 – 19:30 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:30 – 20:58 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:58 – 22:27 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:27 – 23:56 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:56 – 01:25 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:25 – 02:54 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:54 – 04:23 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:23 – 05:52 (neutral)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pañcamī + Kṛttikā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Kṛttikā)
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Kṛttikā)

🌌 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)1862794.27 · 5100.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2451259.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8421° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)55.59° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 5/30)
🪷 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 (23.8421°) · declination 0.39° · EoT -7.53 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:1999-03-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)