पञ्चाङ्ग — Ranchi, Jharkhand · October 23, 2012 CE

🪷 आज: अक्षय नवमी — Akṣaya Navamī (Āmlā Navamī)
Worship of Āmlā tree; equivalent merit to Akṣaya Tṛtīyā.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 7.15 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
न मां दुष्कृतिनो मूढाः प्रपद्यन्ते नराधमाः।

माययापहृतज्ञाना आसुरं भावमाश्रिताः।।7.15।।
"7.15 The sinner, the ignorant, the vile, deprived of spiritual perception by the glamour of Illusion, and he who pursues a godless life - none of them shall find Me." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.15's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2069 Viśvāvasu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1934 Nandana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1419
Malayalam Era: 1188
Nanakshahi: 543
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya186.01°TulāCitrā P4
चन्द्र Candra287.23°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala227.25°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
बुध Budha209.55°TulāViśākhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati51.41°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
शुक्र Śukra149.18°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
शनि Śani187.75°TulāSvātī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:49 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:16 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:33 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:46 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:49 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 27 Mins 11 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 32 Mins 49 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:17 – 05:03
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:52 – 05:49
Abhijit Muhūrta11:10 – 11:56
Vijaya Muhūrta13:27 – 14:13
Godhūli Muhūrta17:04 – 17:28
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:16 – 17:45
Amṛta Kāla17:01 – 18:46
Niśīta Muhūrta23:10 – 23:56

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:25 – 15:50
Yamaganda08:41 – 10:07
Gulika Kāla11:33 – 12:59
Varjyam06:18 – 06:36
Dur Muhūrta 08:29 – 08:52

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (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):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga05:49 – 07:15 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:15 – 08:41 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:41 – 10:07 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:07 – 11:33 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:33 – 12:59 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla12:59 – 14:25 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:25 – 15:50 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:50 – 17:16 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:16 – 18:50 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:50 – 20:25 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:25 – 21:59 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg21:59 – 23:33 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:33 – 01:07 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:07 – 02:41 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:41 – 04:15 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:15 – 05:49 (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-Historical Resonance

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867758.27
Julian Day2456223.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0319°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)98.74°
🪷 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 (24.0319°), declination -11.48°, EoT 16.06 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: 2012-10-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)