पञ्चाङ्ग — Ranchi, Jharkhand · April 2, 2006 CE

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🪷 आज: मीन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mīna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Pisces; Mīna-māsa begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.2 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
सञ्जय उवाच

दृष्ट्वा तु पाण्डवानीकं व्यूढं दुर्योधनस्तदा।

आचार्यमुपसङ्गम्य राजा वचनमब्रवीत्।।1.2।।
"1.2 Sanjaya replied: "The Prince Duryodhana, when he saw the army of the Pandavas paraded, approached his preceptor Guru Drona and spoke as follows:" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.2's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2063 Vikāri
Śaka Saṁvat: 1928 Vyaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1413
Malayalam Era: 1182
Nanakshahi: 537
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Kṛttikā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Prīti
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya348.22°MīnaRevatī P1
चन्द्र Candra36.74°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala59.12°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P2
बुध Budha321.64°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati204.35°TulāViśākhā P2
शुक्र Śukra301.78°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
शनि Śani100.28°KarkaPuṣya P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:41 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:05 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:53 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:27 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:46 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 23 Mins 56 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 36 Mins 04 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:02 – 04:51
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:39 – 05:41
Abhijit Muhūrta11:28 – 12:18
Vijaya Muhūrta13:57 – 14:46
Godhūli Muhūrta17:53 – 18:17
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:05 – 18:36
Amṛta Kāla17:50 – 19:35
Niśīta Muhūrta23:28 – 00:18

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:32 – 18:05
Yamaganda11:53 – 13:26
Gulika Kāla14:59 – 16:32
Varjyam06:12 – 06:32
Dur Muhūrta 08:34 – 08:59

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (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):
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 Udveg05:41 – 07:14 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:14 – 08:47 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:47 – 10:20 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:20 – 11:53 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:53 – 13:26 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:26 – 14:59 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:59 – 16:32 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:32 – 18:05 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:05 – 19:32 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:32 – 20:59 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:59 – 22:26 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:26 – 23:53 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:53 – 01:20 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:20 – 02:47 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:47 – 04:14 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:14 – 05:41 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Caturthī + 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 Year5107 · Kali-5107
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1865362.27 · 5107.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2453827.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9403° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)47.33° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 4/30)
🪷 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 (23.9403°) · declination 4.81° · EoT -4.03 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:2006-04-02 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)