पञ्चाङ्ग — Ranchi, Jharkhand · October 26, 2008 CE

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अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: धनतेरस / धन्वन्तरि जयन्ती — Dhanteras (Dhanvantari Jayantī)
Birth of Dhanvantari from samudra-mathana with amṛta-kalaśa. Day 1 of Diwali.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.6 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
बन्धुरात्माऽऽत्मनस्तस्य येनात्मैवात्मना जितः।

अनात्मनस्तु शत्रुत्वे वर्तेतात्मैव शत्रुवत्।।6.6।।
"6.6 To him who has conquered his lower nature by Its help, the Self is a friend, but to him who has not done so, It is an enemy." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.6's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

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

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya189.02°TulāSvātī P1
चन्द्र Candra155.11°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala200.86°TulāViśākhā P1
बुध Budha171.31°KanyāHasta P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati262.54°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
शुक्र Śukra224.74°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
शनि Śani143.85°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:51 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:14 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:32 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:14 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:20 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 23 Mins 30 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 36 Mins 30 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:20 – 05:05
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:54 – 05:51
Abhijit Muhūrta11:10 – 11:55
Vijaya Muhūrta13:26 – 14:12
Godhūli Muhūrta17:02 – 17:26
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:14 – 17:43
Amṛta Kāla16:59 – 18:44
Niśīta Muhūrta23:10 – 23:55

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:49 – 17:14
Yamaganda11:32 – 12:58
Gulika Kāla14:23 – 15:49
Varjyam06:19 – 06:37
Dur Muhūrta 08:30 – 08:53

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

⭐ 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):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:51 – 07:16 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:16 – 08:42 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:42 – 10:07 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:07 – 11:32 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:32 – 12:58 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha12:58 – 14:23 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:23 – 15:49 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:49 – 17:14 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:14 – 18:49 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:49 – 20:23 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:23 – 21:58 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala21:58 – 23:32 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:32 – 01:07 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:07 – 02:42 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:42 – 04:16 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:16 – 05:51 (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 — 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)1866300.27 · 5109.8 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2454765.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9762° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)325.99° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 28/30)
🪷 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 (23.9762°) · declination -12.51° · EoT 16.30 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:2008-10-26 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)