पञ्चाङ्ग — Ranchi, Jharkhand · September 28, 2008 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 5.7 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
योगयुक्तो विशुद्धात्मा विजितात्मा जितेन्द्रियः।

सर्वभूतात्मभूतात्मा कुर्वन्नपि न लिप्यते।।5.7।।
"5.7 He who is spiritual, who is pure, who has overcome his senses and his personal self, who has realised his highest Self as the Self of all, such a one, even though he acts, is not bound by his acts." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.7's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2065 Plava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1930 Sarvadhāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1415
Malayalam Era: 1184
Nanakshahi: 539
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Śakuni
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya161.32°KanyāHasta P1
चन्द्र Candra145.64°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala181.75°TulāCitrā P3
बुध Budha178.20°KanyāCitrā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati259.73°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शुक्र Śukra190.70°TulāSvātī P2
शनि Śani140.71°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:39 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:39 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:39 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:26 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:46 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 00 Mins 00 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 00 Mins 00 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:03 – 04:51
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:39 – 05:39
Abhijit Muhūrta11:15 – 12:03
Vijaya Muhūrta13:39 – 14:27
Godhūli Muhūrta17:27 – 17:51
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:39 – 18:09
Amṛta Kāla17:24 – 19:09
Niśīta Muhūrta23:15 – 00:03

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:09 – 17:39
Yamaganda11:39 – 13:09
Gulika Kāla14:39 – 16:09
Varjyam06:09 – 06:28
Dur Muhūrta 08:27 – 08:51

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:39 – 07:09 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:09 – 08:39 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:39 – 10:09 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:09 – 11:39 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:39 – 13:09 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:09 – 14:39 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:39 – 16:09 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:09 – 17:39 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:39 – 19:09 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:09 – 20:39 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:39 – 22:09 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:09 – 23:39 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:39 – 01:09 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:09 – 02:39 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:39 – 04:09 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:09 – 05:39 (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 Time

Kali Year5110
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866272.27
Julian Day2454737.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.9751°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)345.73°
🪷 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 (23.9751°), declination -2.10°, EoT 10.18 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: 2008-09-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)