पञ्चाङ्ग — Ranchi, Jharkhand · March 22, 2005 CE

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🪷 आज: मीन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mīna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Pisces; Mīna-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.17 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
सहस्रयुगपर्यन्तमहर्यद्ब्रह्मणो विदुः।

रात्रिं युगसहस्रान्तां तेऽहोरात्रविदो जनाः।।8.17।।
"8.17 Those who understand the cosmic day and cosmic night know that one day of creation is a thousand cycles, and that the night is of equal length." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2062 Vilambī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1927 Pārthiva
Bengali Saṁvat: 1412
Malayalam Era: 1181
Nanakshahi: 536
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya337.59°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
चन्द्र Candra113.85°KarkaAśleṣā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala276.96°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
बुध Budha350.00°MīnaRevatī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati172.01°KanyāHasta P4
शुक्र Śukra335.24°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
शनि Śani86.32°MithunaPunarvasu P2

☀️ 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)14:31 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:31 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 09 Mins 21 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 50 Mins 39 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:14 – 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 Kāla14:59 – 16:30
Yamaganda08:54 – 10:25
Gulika Kāla11:56 – 13:27
Varjyam06:22 – 06:41
Dur Muhūrta 08:42 – 09:06

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (Inauspicious)
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):
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 · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga05:52 – 07:23 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:23 – 08:54 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:54 – 10:25 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:25 – 11:56 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:56 – 13:27 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:27 – 14:59 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:59 – 16:30 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:30 – 18:01 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:01 – 19:30 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:30 – 20:59 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:59 – 22:27 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:27 – 23:56 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:56 – 01:25 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:25 – 02:54 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:54 – 04:23 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:23 – 05:52 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 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 Year5106 · Kali-5106
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1864986.27 · 5106.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2453451.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9259° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)134.85° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 12/30)
🪷 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 (23.9259°) · declination 0.60° · 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:2005-03-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)