पञ्चाङ्ग — Ranchi, Jharkhand · December 31, 2007 CE

🪷 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 18.17 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
यस्य नाहंकृतो भावो बुद्धिर्यस्य न लिप्यते।हत्वापि स इमाँल्लोकान्न हन्ति न निबध्यते।।18.17।।
"18.17 He who has no pride, and whose intellect is unalloyed by attachment, even though he kill these people, yet he does not kill them, and his act does not bind him." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa 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

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya254.99°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra161.86°KanyāHasta P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala66.15°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P4
बुध Budha262.70°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati249.52°DhanuMūla P3
शुक्र Śukra216.25°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
शनि Śani134.30°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:31 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:14 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:52 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:41 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:38 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 43 Mins 01 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 16 Mins 59 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:05 – 05:48
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:37 – 06:31
Abhijit Muhūrta11:31 – 12:13
Vijaya Muhūrta13:39 – 14:22
Godhūli Muhūrta17:02 – 17:26
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:14 – 17:40
Amṛta Kāla16:59 – 18:44
Niśīta Muhūrta23:31 – 00:13

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:51 – 09:11
Yamaganda10:32 – 11:52
Gulika Kāla13:12 – 14:33
Varjyam06:57 – 07:14
Dur Muhūrta 09:01 – 09:22

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (Inauspicious)
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):
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 Amṛta06:31 – 07:51 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:51 – 09:11 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:11 – 10:32 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:32 – 11:52 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:52 – 13:12 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:12 – 14:33 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:33 – 15:53 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta15:53 – 17:14 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:14 – 18:53 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha18:53 – 20:33 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:33 – 22:12 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:12 – 23:52 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:52 – 01:32 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:32 – 03:11 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:11 – 04:51 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:51 – 06:31 (neutral)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Hasta alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5109
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866000.27
Julian Day2454465.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.9647°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)265.36°
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta
Method: Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equation
Tier-2 city localization: spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanamsa (23.9647°), declination -23.13°, EoT -3.26 min · verified ±1 min vs Drikpanchang
Lineage: Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate
Access: Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed
Computed for: 2007-12-31 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)