पञ्चाङ्ग — Ranchi, Jharkhand · April 24, 2009 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: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.5 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga🪷 Paśya Me Pārtha Rūpāṇi · Behold My Forms
श्री भगवानुवाच

पश्य मे पार्थ रूपाणि शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः।

नानाविधानि दिव्यानि नानावर्णाकृतीनि च।।11.5।।
"11.5 Lord Shri Krishna replied: Behold, O Arjuna! My celestial forms, by hundred and thousands, various in kind, in colour and in shape." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.5's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2066 Śubhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1931 Virodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1416
Malayalam Era: 1185
Nanakshahi: 540
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Śakuni
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya10.02°MeṣaAśvinī P4
चन्द्र Candra355.80°MīnaRevatī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala337.04°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
बुध Budha30.03°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati299.39°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
शुक्र Śukra335.81°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
शनि Śani141.17°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:21 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:13 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:47 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:34 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:06 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 52 Mins 41 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 07 Mins 19 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:38 – 04:29
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:16 – 05:21
Abhijit Muhūrta11:21 – 12:13
Vijaya Muhūrta13:56 – 14:47
Godhūli Muhūrta18:01 – 18:25
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:13 – 18:46
Amṛta Kāla17:58 – 19:43
Niśīta Muhūrta23:21 – 00:13

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:10 – 11:47
Yamaganda15:00 – 16:37
Gulika Kāla06:57 – 08:34
Varjyam05:53 – 06:13
Dur Muhūrta 08:21 – 08:47

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:21 – 06:57 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha06:57 – 08:34 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:34 – 10:10 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:10 – 11:47 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:47 – 13:24 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:24 – 15:00 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:00 – 16:37 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:37 – 18:13 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:13 – 19:37 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:37 – 21:00 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:00 – 22:24 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:24 – 23:47 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:47 – 01:10 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:10 – 02:34 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:34 – 03:57 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga03:57 – 05:21 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 23.3441°
Longitude: 85.3096°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 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 Year5111 · Kali-5111
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866480.27 · 5110.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2454945.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9831° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)344.82° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 29/30)
🪷 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 (23.9831°) · declination 12.85° · EoT 1.80 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:2009-04-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)