पञ्चाङ्ग — Ranchi, Jharkhand · April 18, 2010 CE

🪷 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 2.30 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
देही नित्यमवध्योऽयं देहे सर्वस्य भारत।

तस्मात्सर्वाणि भूतानि न त्वं शोचितुमर्हसि।।2.30।।
"2.30 Be not anxious about these armies. The Spirit in man is imperishable." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.30's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2067 Śobhana
Śaka Saṁvat: 1932 Vikṛti
Bengali Saṁvat: 1417
Malayalam Era: 1186
Nanakshahi: 541
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Rohiṇī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Saubhāgya
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya3.91°MeṣaAśvinī P2
चन्द्र Candra46.41°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala103.53°KarkaPuṣya P4
बुध Budha18.71°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati327.27°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
शुक्र Śukra27.12°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
शनि Śani155.07°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:26 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:11 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:48 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:55 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:21 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 44 Mins 56 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 15 Mins 04 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:44 – 04:35
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:22 – 05:26
Abhijit Muhūrta11:23 – 12:14
Vijaya Muhūrta13:56 – 14:47
Godhūli Muhūrta17:59 – 18:23
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:11 – 18:43
Amṛta Kāla17:56 – 19:41
Niśīta Muhūrta23:23 – 00:14

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:35 – 18:11
Yamaganda11:48 – 13:24
Gulika Kāla14:59 – 16:35
Varjyam05:58 – 06:18
Dur Muhūrta 08:24 – 08:50

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

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 Udveg05:26 – 07:01 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:01 – 08:37 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:37 – 10:13 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:13 – 11:48 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:48 – 13:24 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:24 – 14:59 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:59 – 16:35 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:35 – 18:11 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:11 – 19:35 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:35 – 20:59 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:59 – 22:24 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:24 – 23:48 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:48 – 01:13 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:13 – 02:37 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:37 – 04:01 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:01 – 05:26 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Caturthī + Rohiṇī alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Rohiṇī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5112
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866839.27
Julian Day2455304.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.9968°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)43.16°
🪷 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 (23.9968°), declination 10.73°, EoT 0.51 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: 2010-04-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)