पञ्चाङ्ग — Ranchi, Jharkhand · January 11, 2011 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 9.7 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
सर्वभूतानि कौन्तेय प्रकृतिं यान्ति मामिकाम्।

कल्पक्षये पुनस्तानि कल्पादौ विसृजाम्यहम्।।9.7।।
"9.7 All beings, O Arjuna, return at the close of every cosmic cycle into the realm of Nature, which is a part of Me, and at the beginning of the next I send them forth again." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.7's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2068 Krodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1933 Khara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1418
Malayalam Era: 1187
Nanakshahi: 542
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Saptamī (7/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya266.44°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra340.66°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala272.02°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
बुध Budha242.98°DhanuMūla P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati334.06°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
शुक्र Śukra219.38°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
शनि Śani172.76°KanyāHasta P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:33 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:21 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:57 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:48 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:59 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 48 Mins 05 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 11 Mins 55 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:06 – 05:49
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:39 – 06:33
Abhijit Muhūrta11:35 – 12:18
Vijaya Muhūrta13:45 – 14:28
Godhūli Muhūrta17:09 – 17:33
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:21 – 17:48
Amṛta Kāla17:06 – 18:51
Niśīta Muhūrta23:35 – 00:18

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:39 – 16:00
Yamaganda09:15 – 10:36
Gulika Kāla11:57 – 13:18
Varjyam07:00 – 07:17
Dur Muhūrta 09:04 – 09:25

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (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 · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:33 – 07:54 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:54 – 09:15 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:15 – 10:36 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:36 – 11:57 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:57 – 13:18 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:18 – 14:39 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:39 – 16:00 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:00 – 17:21 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:21 – 19:00 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:00 – 20:39 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:39 – 22:18 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:18 – 23:57 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:57 – 01:36 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:36 – 03:15 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:15 – 04:54 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:54 – 06:33 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5112
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867107.27
Julian Day2455572.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0070°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)76.92°
🪷 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 (24.0070°), declination -21.88°, EoT -7.89 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: 2011-01-11 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)