पञ्चाङ्ग — Ranchi, Jharkhand · December 14, 2008 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 7.8 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
रसोऽहमप्सु कौन्तेय प्रभास्मि शशिसूर्ययोः।

प्रणवः सर्ववेदेषु शब्दः खे पौरुषं नृषु।।7.8।।
"7.8 O Arjuna! I am the Fluidity in water, the Light in the sun and in the moon. I am the mystic syllable Om in the Vedic scriptures, the Sound in ether, the Virility in man." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2065 Plava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1930 Sarvadhāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1415
Malayalam Era: 1184
Nanakshahi: 539
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā (17/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya238.44°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
चन्द्र Candra77.63°MithunaĀrdrā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala236.02°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
बुध Budha248.47°DhanuMūla P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati271.42°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शुक्र Śukra282.91°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
शनि Śani147.29°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:23 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:05 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:44 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:16 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)07:46 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 42 Mins 40 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 17 Mins 20 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:57 – 05:40
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:29 – 06:23
Abhijit Muhūrta11:23 – 12:06
Vijaya Muhūrta13:31 – 14:14
Godhūli Muhūrta16:53 – 17:17
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:05 – 17:32
Amṛta Kāla16:50 – 18:35
Niśīta Muhūrta23:23 – 00:06

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:45 – 17:05
Yamaganda11:44 – 13:04
Gulika Kāla14:25 – 15:45
Varjyam06:50 – 07:07
Dur Muhūrta 08:53 – 09:14

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:23 – 07:43 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:43 – 09:03 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:03 – 10:24 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:24 – 11:44 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:44 – 13:04 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:04 – 14:25 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:25 – 15:45 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:45 – 17:05 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:05 – 18:45 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:45 – 20:25 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:25 – 22:04 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:04 – 23:44 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:44 – 01:24 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:24 – 03:03 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:03 – 04:43 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:43 – 06:23 (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)1866349.27
Julian Day2454814.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.9781°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)197.50°
🪷 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 (23.9781°), declination -23.22°, EoT 4.64 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: 2008-12-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)