पञ्चाङ्ग — Ranchi, Jharkhand · December 26, 2009 CE

🪷 आज: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.42 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
शमो दमस्तपः शौचं क्षान्तिरार्जवमेव च।ज्ञानं विज्ञानमास्तिक्यं ब्रह्मकर्म स्वभावजम्।।18.42।।
"18.42 Serenity, self-restraint, austerity, purity, forgiveness, as well as uprightness, knowledge, wisdom and faith in God - these constitute the duty of a spiritual Teacher." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.42's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2066 Śubhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1931 Virodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1416
Malayalam Era: 1185
Nanakshahi: 540
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya250.39°DhanuMūla P4
चन्द्र Candra355.35°MīnaRevatī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala115.36°KarkaAśleṣā P3
बुध Budha267.74°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati301.45°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
शुक्र Śukra246.23°DhanuMūla P2
शनि Śani160.11°KanyāHasta P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:29 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:11 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:50 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:34 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:05 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 42 Mins 04 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 17 Mins 56 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:03 – 05:46
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:35 – 06:29
Abhijit Muhūrta11:28 – 12:11
Vijaya Muhūrta13:37 – 14:20
Godhūli Muhūrta16:59 – 17:23
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:11 – 17:38
Amṛta Kāla16:56 – 18:41
Niśīta Muhūrta23:28 – 00:11

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:09 – 10:29
Yamaganda13:10 – 14:30
Gulika Kāla06:29 – 07:49
Varjyam06:55 – 07:13
Dur Muhūrta 08:59 – 09:20

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

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 Kāla06:29 – 07:49 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:49 – 09:09 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:09 – 10:29 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:29 – 11:50 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:50 – 13:10 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:10 – 14:30 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:30 – 15:50 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla15:50 – 17:11 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:11 – 18:50 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta18:50 – 20:30 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:30 – 22:10 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:10 – 23:50 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:50 – 01:29 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:29 – 03:09 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:09 – 04:49 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:49 – 06:29 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Navamī + Revatī alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Śukla Navamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5111
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866726.27
Julian Day2455191.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.9925°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)107.90°
🪷 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 (23.9925°), declination -23.36°, EoT -0.96 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: 2009-12-26 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)