पञ्चाङ्ग — Ranchi, Jharkhand · January 2, 2007 CE

🕉️ Sapta-Mokṣa-Puri · Localize for your Pīṭha
अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.44 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
पूर्वाभ्यासेन तेनैव ह्रियते ह्यवशोऽपि सः।

जिज्ञासुरपि योगस्य शब्दब्रह्मातिवर्तते।।6.44।।
"6.44 Unconsciously he will return to the practices of his old life; so that he who tries to realise spiritual consciousness is certainly superior to one who only talks of it." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.44's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2064 Śārvarī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1929 Sarvajit
Bengali Saṁvat: 1414
Malayalam Era: 1183
Nanakshahi: 538
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya257.29°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra57.88°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala235.11°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
बुध Budha254.15°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati225.20°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
शुक्र Śukra273.32°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani120.30°SiṃhaMaghā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:31 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:15 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:53 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:50 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:21 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 43 Mins 43 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 16 Mins 17 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:05 – 05:48
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:37 – 06:31
Abhijit Muhūrta11:31 – 12:14
Vijaya Muhūrta13:40 – 14:23
Godhūli Muhūrta17:03 – 17:27
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:15 – 17:42
Amṛta Kāla17:00 – 18:45
Niśīta Muhūrta23:31 – 00:14

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:34 – 15:54
Yamaganda09:12 – 10:32
Gulika Kāla11:53 – 13:13
Varjyam06:58 – 07:15
Dur Muhūrta 09:01 – 09:23

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ 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):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:31 – 07:52 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:52 – 09:12 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:12 – 10:32 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:32 – 11:53 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:53 – 13:13 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:13 – 14:34 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:34 – 15:54 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:54 – 17:15 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:15 – 18:54 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:54 – 20:34 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:34 – 22:13 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:13 – 23:53 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:53 – 01:32 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:32 – 03:12 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:12 – 04:52 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:52 – 06:31 (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 Year5108 · Kali-5108
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1865637.27 · 5107.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2454102.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9508° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)162.21° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 14/30)
🪷 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 (23.9508°) · declination -22.96° · EoT -4.15 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:2007-01-02 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)