पञ्चाङ्ग — Ranchi, Jharkhand · October 11, 2008 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 5.20 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
न प्रहृष्येत्प्रियं प्राप्य नोद्विजेत्प्राप्य चाप्रियम्।

स्थिरबुद्धिरसम्मूढो ब्रह्मविद्ब्रह्मणि स्थितः।।5.20।।
"5.20 He who knows and lives in the Absolute remains unmoved and unperturbed; he is not elated by pleasure or depressed by pain." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla 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)Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya174.12°KanyāCitrā P1
चन्द्र Candra305.71°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala190.53°TulāSvātī P2
बुध Budha165.69°KanyāHasta P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati260.77°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
शुक्र Śukra206.55°TulāViśākhā P2
शनि Śani142.23°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:43 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:26 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:35 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:39 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:03 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 42 Mins 41 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 17 Mins 19 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:10 – 04:57
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:45 – 05:43
Abhijit Muhūrta11:11 – 11:58
Vijaya Muhūrta13:32 – 14:19
Godhūli Muhūrta17:14 – 17:38
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:26 – 17:55
Amṛta Kāla17:11 – 18:56
Niśīta Muhūrta23:11 – 23:58

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:39 – 10:07
Yamaganda13:03 – 14:30
Gulika Kāla05:43 – 07:11
Varjyam06:13 – 06:31
Dur Muhūrta 08:27 – 08:51

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (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):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:43 – 07:11 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:11 – 08:39 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:39 – 10:07 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:07 – 11:35 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:35 – 13:03 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:03 – 14:30 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:30 – 15:58 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla15:58 – 17:26 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:26 – 18:58 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta18:58 – 20:30 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:30 – 22:03 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:03 – 23:35 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:35 – 01:07 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:07 – 02:39 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:39 – 04:11 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:11 – 05:43 (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

Kali Year5110
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866285.27
Julian Day2454750.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.9756°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)132.48°
🪷 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 (23.9756°), declination -7.10°, EoT 13.99 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: 2008-10-11 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)