पञ्चाङ्ग — Ranchi, Jharkhand · May 31, 2008 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: अपरा एकादशी — Aparā Ekādaśī
Boundless (aparā) merit; removes brahma-hatyā even.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.44 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
भोगैश्वर्यप्रसक्तानां तयापहृतचेतसाम्।

व्यवसायात्मिका बुद्धिः समाधौ न विधीयते।।2.44।।
"2.44 While their minds are absorbed with ideas of power and personal enjoyment, they cannot concentrate their discrimination on one point." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.44's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Jyeṣṭha (Jyeṣṭha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2065 Plava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1930 Sarvadhāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1415
Malayalam Era: 1184
Nanakshahi: 539
Solar Month: Vṛṣabha (Vaikāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Saubhāgya
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya46.00°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
चन्द्र Candra353.10°MīnaRevatī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala107.59°KarkaAśleṣā P1
बुध Budha56.88°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati268.29°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra43.42°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
शनि Śani128.18°SiṃhaMaghā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:02 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:30 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:46 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:00 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:29 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 28 Mins 04 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 31 Mins 56 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:14 – 04:08
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:55 – 05:02
Abhijit Muhūrta11:19 – 12:13
Vijaya Muhūrta14:01 – 14:55
Godhūli Muhūrta18:18 – 18:42
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:30 – 19:04
Amṛta Kāla18:15 – 20:00
Niśīta Muhūrta23:19 – 00:13

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:24 – 10:05
Yamaganda13:27 – 15:08
Gulika Kāla05:02 – 06:43
Varjyam05:36 – 05:57
Dur Muhūrta 08:11 – 08:38

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
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):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:02 – 06:43 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha06:43 – 08:24 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:24 – 10:05 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:05 – 11:46 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:46 – 13:27 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:27 – 15:08 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:08 – 16:49 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:49 – 18:30 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:30 – 19:49 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:49 – 21:08 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:08 – 22:27 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:27 – 23:46 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:46 – 01:05 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:05 – 02:24 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:24 – 03:43 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha03:43 – 05:02 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 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 Year5110 · Kali-5110
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866152.27 · 5109.4 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2454617.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9705° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)309.78° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 26/30)
🪷 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 (23.9705°) · declination 21.94° · EoT 2.50 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:2008-05-31 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)