पञ्चाङ्ग — Ranchi, Jharkhand · May 6, 2008 CE

🪷 आज: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.19 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
य एनं वेत्ति हन्तारं यश्चैनं मन्यते हतम्।

उभौ तौ न विजानीतो नायं हन्ति न हन्यते।।2.19।।
"2.19 He who thinks that the Spirit kills, and he who thinks of It as killed, are both ignorant. The Spirit kills not, nor is It killed." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.19's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2065 Plava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1930 Sarvadhāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1415
Malayalam Era: 1184
Nanakshahi: 539
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Kṛttikā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Saubhāgya
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya21.92°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
चन्द्र Candra29.57°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala93.91°KarkaPuṣya P1
बुध Budha41.20°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati269.01°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra12.67°MeṣaAśvinī P4
शनि Śani127.51°SiṃhaMaghā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:12 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:19 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:45 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:40 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:52 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 06 Mins 45 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 53 Mins 15 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:27 – 04:19
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:06 – 05:12
Abhijit Muhūrta11:19 – 12:12
Vijaya Muhūrta13:56 – 14:49
Godhūli Muhūrta18:07 – 18:31
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:19 – 18:51
Amṛta Kāla18:04 – 19:49
Niśīta Muhūrta23:19 – 00:12

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:02 – 16:40
Yamaganda08:29 – 10:07
Gulika Kāla11:45 – 13:24
Varjyam05:45 – 06:06
Dur Muhūrta 08:16 – 08:42

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
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):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga05:12 – 06:50 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg06:50 – 08:29 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:29 – 10:07 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:07 – 11:45 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:45 – 13:24 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:24 – 15:02 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:02 – 16:40 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:40 – 18:19 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:19 – 19:40 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:40 – 21:02 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:02 – 22:24 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:24 – 23:45 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:45 – 01:07 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:07 – 02:29 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:29 – 03:50 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla03:50 – 05:12 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pratipada + Kṛttikā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Kṛttikā)
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Kṛttikā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5110
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866127.27
Julian Day2454592.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.9696°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)6.34°
🪷 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 (23.9696°), declination 16.59°, EoT 3.44 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: 2008-05-06 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)