पञ्चाङ्ग — Ranchi, Jharkhand · May 20, 2000 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: वृषभ सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛṣabha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Taurus.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.40 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
न तदस्ति पृथिव्यां वा दिवि देवेषु वा पुनः।सत्त्वं प्रकृतिजैर्मुक्तं यदेभिः स्यात्ित्रभिर्गुणैः।।18.40।।
"18.40 There is nothing anywhere on earth or in the higher worlds which is free from the three Qualities - for they are born of Nature." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.40's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Jyeṣṭha (Jyeṣṭha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2057 Vijaya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1922 Vikrama
Bengali Saṁvat: 1407
Malayalam Era: 1176
Nanakshahi: 531
Solar Month: Vṛṣabha (Vaikāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā (17/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Jyeṣṭhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya35.48°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
चन्द्र Candra234.82°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala47.43°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
बुध Budha48.13°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati26.82°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
शुक्र Śukra29.45°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
शनि Śani27.73°MeṣaKṛttikā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:05 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:25 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:45 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:42 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:23 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 20 Mins 10 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 39 Mins 50 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:18 – 04:12
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:58 – 05:05
Abhijit Muhūrta11:18 – 12:12
Vijaya Muhūrta13:59 – 14:52
Godhūli Muhūrta18:13 – 18:37
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:25 – 18:59
Amṛta Kāla18:10 – 19:55
Niśīta Muhūrta23:18 – 00:12

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:25 – 10:05
Yamaganda13:25 – 15:05
Gulika Kāla05:05 – 06:45
Varjyam05:38 – 06:00
Dur Muhūrta 08:12 – 08:38

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:05 – 06:45 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha06:45 – 08:25 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:25 – 10:05 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:05 – 11:45 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:45 – 13:25 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:25 – 15:05 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:05 – 16:45 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:45 – 18:25 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:25 – 19:45 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:45 – 21:05 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:05 – 22:25 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:25 – 23:45 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:45 – 01:05 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:05 – 02:25 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:25 – 03:45 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha03:45 – 05:05 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā + Jyeṣṭhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Jyeṣṭhā)

🌌 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 Year5102 · Kali-5102
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1863219.27 · 5101.3 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2451684.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8583° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)201.76° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 17/30)
🪷 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 (23.8583°) · declination 20.01° · EoT 3.60 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:2000-05-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)