पञ्चाङ्ग — Ranchi, Jharkhand · January 16, 2003 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: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 5.28 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
यतेन्द्रियमनोबुद्धिर्मुनिर्मोक्षपरायणः।

विगतेच्छाभयक्रोधो यः सदा मुक्त एव सः।।5.28।।
"5.28 Governing sense, mind and intellect, intent on liberation, free from desire, fear and anger, the sage is forever free." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.28's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2060 Durmukhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1925 Subhānu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1410
Malayalam Era: 1179
Nanakshahi: 534
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya271.59°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra62.41°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala215.35°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
बुध Budha261.95°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati111.34°KarkaAśleṣā P2
शुक्र Śukra224.68°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
शनि Śani59.36°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:33 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:24 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:58 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:16 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:48 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 51 Mins 25 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 08 Mins 35 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:06 – 05:49
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:38 – 06:33
Abhijit Muhūrta11:37 – 12:20
Vijaya Muhūrta13:47 – 14:30
Godhūli Muhūrta17:12 – 17:36
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:24 – 17:51
Amṛta Kāla17:09 – 18:54
Niśīta Muhūrta23:37 – 00:20

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:20 – 14:41
Yamaganda06:33 – 07:54
Gulika Kāla09:16 – 10:37
Varjyam07:00 – 07:17
Dur Muhūrta 09:05 – 09:26

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:33 – 07:54 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:54 – 09:16 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:16 – 10:37 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:37 – 11:58 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha11:58 – 13:20 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:20 – 14:41 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:41 – 16:03 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:03 – 17:24 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:24 – 19:03 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:03 – 20:41 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:41 – 22:20 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:20 – 23:58 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg23:58 – 01:37 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:37 – 03:16 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:16 – 04:54 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:54 – 06:33 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 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 Year5104 · Kali-5104
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1864190.27 · 5104.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2452655.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8955° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)150.08° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 13/30)
🪷 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 (23.8955°) · declination -21.04° · EoT -9.69 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:2003-01-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)