पञ्चाङ्ग — Ranchi, Jharkhand · August 17, 2010 CE

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सिंह सङ्क्रान्ति · Siṁha SaṅkrāntiPan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 4.36 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga

अपि चेदसि पापेभ्यः सर्वेभ्यः पापकृत्तमः।

सर्वं ज्ञानप्लवेनैव वृजिनं सन्तरिष्यसि।।4.36।।

"4.36 Be thou the greatest of sinners, yet thou shalt cross over all sin by the ferryboat of wisdom." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 4.36's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2067 Śobhana

Śaka Saṁvat: 1932 Vikṛti

Bengali Saṁvat: 1417

Malayalam Era: 1186

Nanakshahi: 541

Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)

Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Viśākhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)	Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)	Bava
वार (Vāra)	Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	120.05°	Siṃha	Maghā P1
चन्द्र Candra	213.41°	Vṛścika	Anurādhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala	167.03°	Kanyā	Hasta P3
बुध Budha	144.39°	Siṃha	Pūrva Phalgunī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati	338.54°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P2
शुक्र Śukra	165.82°	Kanyā	Hasta P2
शनि Śani	158.21°	Kanyā	Uttara Phalgunī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	05:25 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	18:20 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:53 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	12:39 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	23:33 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	12 Hours 55 Mins 06 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	11 Hours 04 Mins 54 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	03:42 – 04:33
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	04:20 – 05:25
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:27 – 12:18
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:02 – 14:53
Godhūli Muhūrta	18:08 – 18:32
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	18:20 – 18:52
Amṛta Kāla	18:05 – 19:50
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:27 – 00:18

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	15:06 – 16:43
Yamaganda	08:39 – 10:16
Gulika Kāla	11:53 – 13:29
Varjyam	05:57 – 06:18
Dur Muhūrta	08:26 – 08:52

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)

Candra Vāsa: North-East

Rāhu Vāsa: North

Ānandādi Yoga: Mātaṇga (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)

Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)

Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

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

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga	05:25 – 07:02 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg	07:02 – 08:39 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala	08:39 – 10:16 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha	10:16 – 11:53 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta	11:53 – 13:29 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla	13:29 – 15:06 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha	15:06 – 16:43 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga	16:43 – 18:20 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla	18:20 – 19:43 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha	19:43 – 21:06 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga	21:06 – 22:29 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg	22:29 – 23:53 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala	23:53 – 01:16 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha	01:16 – 02:39 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta	02:39 – 04:02 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla	04:02 – 05:25 (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 Śukla Aṣṭamī + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:

-3137-12-25 — Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5112
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1866960.27
Julian Day	2455425.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.0014°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	90.34°

🪷 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 (24.0014°), declination 13.50°, EoT -3.75 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: 2010-08-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)