पञ्चाङ्ग — Ranchi, Jharkhand · October 24, 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: नरक चतुर्दशी — Naraka Caturdaśī (Choṭī Diwālī)
Krishna slew Narakāsura, freeing 16,000 captive princesses. Day 2 of Diwali.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 13.24 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
य एवं वेत्ति पुरुषं प्रकृतिं च गुणैः सह।

सर्वथा वर्तमानोऽपि न स भूयोऽभिजायते।।13.24।।
"13.24 He who understands God and Nature along with her qualities, whatever be his condition in life, he comes not again to earth." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.24's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2060 Durmukhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1925 Subhānu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1410
Malayalam Era: 1179
Nanakshahi: 534
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya186.31°TulāCitrā P4
चन्द्र Candra165.52°KanyāHasta P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala310.55°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
बुध Budha185.25°TulāCitrā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati137.84°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
शुक्र Śukra203.79°TulāViśākhā P2
शनि Śani79.24°MithunaĀrdrā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:49 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:16 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:33 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:13 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:06 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 26 Mins 58 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 33 Mins 02 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:18 – 05:03
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:52 – 05:49
Abhijit Muhūrta11:10 – 11:56
Vijaya Muhūrta13:27 – 14:13
Godhūli Muhūrta17:04 – 17:28
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:16 – 17:45
Amṛta Kāla17:01 – 18:46
Niśīta Muhūrta23:10 – 23:56

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:07 – 11:33
Yamaganda14:24 – 15:50
Gulika Kāla07:15 – 08:41
Varjyam06:18 – 06:36
Dur Muhūrta 08:29 – 08:52

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Saumya (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:49 – 07:15 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:15 – 08:41 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:41 – 10:07 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:07 – 11:33 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:33 – 12:58 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga12:58 – 14:24 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:24 – 15:50 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala15:50 – 17:16 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:16 – 18:50 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg18:50 – 20:24 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:24 – 21:58 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha21:58 – 23:33 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:33 – 01:07 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:07 – 02:41 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:41 – 04:15 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:15 – 05:49 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 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 Year5105 · Kali-5105
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1864471.27 · 5104.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2452936.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9062° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)339.29° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 29/30)
🪷 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 (23.9062°) · declination -11.55° · EoT 16.15 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:2003-10-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)