पञ्चाङ्ग — Ranchi, Jharkhand · April 27, 2013 CE

Also observed today

वैशाखी · Baisakhi (Vaiśākhī)Regional

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 12.12 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga

श्रेयो हि ज्ञानमभ्यासाज्ज्ञानाद्ध्यानं विशिष्यते।ध्यानात्कर्मफलत्यागस्त्यागाच्छान्तिरनन्तरम्।।12.12।।

"12.12 Knowledge is superior to blind action, meditation to mere knowledge, renunciation of the fruit of action to meditation, and where there is renunciation peace will follow." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 12.12's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa 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)	Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā (17/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Viśākhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)	Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)	Taitila
वार (Vāra)	Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	12.91°	Meṣa	Aśvinī P4
चन्द्र Candra	209.44°	Tulā	Viśākhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala	10.68°	Meṣa	Aśvinī P4
बुध Budha	356.90°	Mīna	Revatī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati	52.18°	Vṛṣabha	Rohiṇī P4
शुक्र Śukra	20.31°	Meṣa	Bharaṇī P3
शनि Śani	194.03°	Tulā	Svātī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	05:18 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	18:15 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:46 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	19:23 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	06:22 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	12 Hours 56 Mins 20 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	11 Hours 03 Mins 40 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	03:35 – 04:27
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	04:14 – 05:18
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:21 – 12:12
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:56 – 14:48
Godhūli Muhūrta	18:03 – 18:27
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	18:15 – 18:47
Amṛta Kāla	18:00 – 19:45
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:21 – 00:12

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	08:32 – 10:09
Yamaganda	13:23 – 15:01
Gulika Kāla	05:18 – 06:55
Varjyam	05:51 – 06:11
Dur Muhūrta	08:19 – 08:45

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)

Candra Vāsa: North

Rāhu Vāsa: East

Ānandādi Yoga: Maitra (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 · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla	05:18 – 06:55 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha	06:55 – 08:32 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga	08:32 – 10:09 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg	10:09 – 11:46 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala	11:46 – 13:23 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha	13:23 – 15:01 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta	15:01 – 16:38 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla	16:38 – 18:15 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha	18:15 – 19:38 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta	19:38 – 21:01 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla	21:01 – 22:23 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha	22:23 – 23:46 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga	23:46 – 01:09 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg	01:09 – 02:32 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala	02:32 – 03:55 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha	03:55 – 05:18 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 23.3441°

Longitude: 85.3096°

Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Śani Walk (शनि यात्रा)

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1867944.27
Julian Day	2456409.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.0391°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	194.61°

🪷 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 (24.0391°), declination 13.83°, EoT 2.33 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: 2013-04-27 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)