पञ्चाङ्ग — Ranchi, Jharkhand · December 2, 2009 CE

Also observed today

अन्नपूर्णा जयन्ती · Annapūrṇā JayantīShakta
वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति · Vṛścika SaṅkrāntiPan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 18.18 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga

ज्ञानं ज्ञेयं परिज्ञाता त्रिविधा कर्मचोदना।करणं कर्म कर्तेति त्रिविधः कर्मसंग्रहः।।18.18।।

"18.18 Knowledge, the knower and the object of knowledge, these are the three incentives to action; and the act, the actor and the instrument are the threefold constituents." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 18.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2066 Śubhakṛt

Śaka Saṁvat: 1931 Virodhi

Bengali Saṁvat: 1416

Malayalam Era: 1185

Nanakshahi: 540

Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)

Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Rohiṇī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)	Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)	Bava
वार (Vāra)	Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	225.99°	Vṛścika	Anurādhā P4
चन्द्र Candra	42.33°	Vṛṣabha	Rohiṇī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala	113.49°	Karka	Aśleṣā P3
बुध Budha	240.45°	Dhanu	Mūla P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati	297.35°	Makara	Dhaniṣṭhā P2
शुक्र Śukra	216.03°	Vṛścika	Anurādhā P1
शनि Śani	158.83°	Kanyā	Uttara Phalgunī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	06:15 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	17:03 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:39 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	16:43 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	06:06 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	10 Hours 47 Mins 49 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	13 Hours 12 Mins 11 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	04:49 – 05:32
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	05:21 – 06:15
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:17 – 12:01
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:27 – 14:10
Godhūli Muhūrta	16:51 – 17:15
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	17:03 – 17:30
Amṛta Kāla	16:48 – 18:33
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:17 – 00:01

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	11:39 – 13:00
Yamaganda	07:36 – 08:57
Gulika Kāla	10:18 – 11:39
Varjyam	06:42 – 06:59
Dur Muhūrta	08:46 – 09:08

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)

Candra Vāsa: South-East

Rāhu Vāsa: South-West

Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (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):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha	06:15 – 07:36 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta	07:36 – 08:57 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla	08:57 – 10:18 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha	10:18 – 11:39 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga	11:39 – 13:00 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg	13:00 – 14:21 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala	14:21 – 15:42 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha	15:42 – 17:03 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg	17:03 – 18:42 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala	18:42 – 20:21 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha	20:21 – 22:00 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta	22:00 – 23:39 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla	23:39 – 01:18 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha	01:18 – 02:57 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga	02:57 – 04:36 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg	04:36 – 06:15 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 23.3441°

Longitude: 85.3096°

Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Budha Walk (बुध यात्रा)

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Rohiṇī alignment also occurred on:

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

-3137-10-04 — Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

-0562-04-11 — Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5111
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1866702.27
Julian Day	2455167.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	23.9916°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	174.94°

🪷 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 (23.9916°), declination -21.94°, EoT 9.75 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: 2009-12-02 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)