पञ्चाङ्ग — Ranchi, Jharkhand · February 17, 2009 CE

Also observed today

कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति · Kumbha SaṅkrāntiPan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 9.15 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga

ज्ञानयज्ञेन चाप्यन्ये यजन्तो मामुपासते।

एकत्वेन पृथक्त्वेन बहुधा विश्वतोमुखम्।।9.15।।

"9.15 Others worship Me with full consciousness as the One, the Manifold, the Omnipresent, the Universal." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 9.15's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2066 Śubhakṛt

Śaka Saṁvat: 1931 Virodhi

Bengali Saṁvat: 1416

Malayalam Era: 1185

Nanakshahi: 540

Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)

Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Anurādhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)	Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)	Bālava
वार (Vāra)	Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	304.52°	Kumbha	Dhaniṣṭhā P4
चन्द्र Candra	216.19°	Vṛścika	Anurādhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala	285.52°	Makara	Śravaṇa P2
बुध Budha	278.49°	Makara	Uttara Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati	286.44°	Makara	Śravaṇa P2
शुक्र Śukra	345.85°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P4
शनि Śani	145.72°	Siṃha	Pūrva Phalgunī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	06:21 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	17:46 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:03 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	00:44 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	11:36 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	11 Hours 25 Mins 22 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	12 Hours 34 Mins 38 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	04:49 – 05:35
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	05:23 – 06:21
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:40 – 12:26
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:57 – 14:43
Godhūli Muhūrta	17:34 – 17:58
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	17:46 – 18:14
Amṛta Kāla	17:31 – 19:16
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:40 – 00:26

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	14:55 – 16:20
Yamaganda	09:12 – 10:38
Gulika Kāla	12:03 – 13:29
Varjyam	06:49 – 07:07
Dur Muhūrta	09:00 – 09:23

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)

Candra Vāsa: North-East

Rāhu Vāsa: North

Ānandādi Yoga: Rākṣasa (Inauspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)

Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)

Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga	06:21 – 07:46 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg	07:46 – 09:12 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala	09:12 – 10:38 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha	10:38 – 12:03 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta	12:03 – 13:29 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla	13:29 – 14:55 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha	14:55 – 16:20 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga	16:20 – 17:46 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla	17:46 – 19:20 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha	19:20 – 20:55 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga	20:55 – 22:29 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg	22:29 – 00:03 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala	00:03 – 01:38 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha	01:38 – 03:12 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta	03:12 – 04:46 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla	04:46 – 06:21 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 23.3441°

Longitude: 85.3096°

Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Maṅgala Walk (मङ्गल यात्रा)

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Anurādhā alignment also occurred on:

-3226-07-09 — Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5110
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1866414.27
Julian Day	2454879.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	23.9805°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	269.85°

🪷 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 (23.9805°), declination -11.99°, EoT -14.49 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: 2009-02-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)