पञ्चाङ्ग — Ranchi, Jharkhand · April 20, 2013 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 12.5 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
क्लेशोऽधिकतरस्तेषामव्यक्तासक्तचेतसाम्।

अव्यक्ता हि गतिर्दुःखं देहवद्भिरवाप्यते।।12.5।।
"12.5 But they who thus fix their attention on the Absolute and Impersonal encounter greater hardships, for it is difficult for those who possess a body to realise Me as without one." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.5's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2070 Parābhava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1935 Vijaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1420
Malayalam Era: 1189
Nanakshahi: 544
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Gaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya6.09°MeṣaAśvinī P2
चन्द्र Candra113.17°KarkaAśleṣā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala5.45°MeṣaAśvinī P2
बुध Budha344.84°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati50.80°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
शुक्र Śukra11.66°MeṣaAśvinī P4
शनि Śani194.56°TulāSvātī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:24 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:12 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:48 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:26 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:27 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 47 Mins 48 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 12 Mins 12 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:42 – 04:33
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:20 – 05:24
Abhijit Muhūrta11:22 – 12:13
Vijaya Muhūrta13:56 – 14:47
Godhūli Muhūrta18:00 – 18:24
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:12 – 18:44
Amṛta Kāla17:57 – 19:42
Niśīta Muhūrta23:22 – 00:13

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:36 – 10:12
Yamaganda13:24 – 15:00
Gulika Kāla05:24 – 07:00
Varjyam05:56 – 06:16
Dur Muhūrta 08:23 – 08:49

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

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):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:24 – 07:00 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:00 – 08:36 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:36 – 10:12 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:12 – 11:48 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:48 – 13:24 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:24 – 15:00 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:00 – 16:36 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:36 – 18:12 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:12 – 19:36 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:36 – 21:00 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:00 – 22:24 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:24 – 23:48 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:48 – 01:12 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:12 – 02:36 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:36 – 04:00 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:00 – 05:24 (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 Time

Kali Year5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867937.27
Julian Day2456402.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0388°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)108.85°
🪷 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 (24.0388°), declination 11.52°, EoT 0.97 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: 2013-04-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)