पञ्चाङ्ग — Ranchi, Jharkhand · December 16, 2013 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 1.13 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
ततः शङ्खाश्च भेर्यश्च पणवानकगोमुखाः।

सहसैवाभ्यहन्यन्त स शब्दस्तुमुलोऽभवत्।।1.13।।
"1.13 And immediately all the conches and drums, the trumpets and horns, blared forth in tumultuous uproar." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.13's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2070 Parābhava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1935 Vijaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1420
Malayalam Era: 1189
Nanakshahi: 544
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Rohiṇī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya240.19°DhanuMūla P1
चन्द्र Candra45.19°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala159.88°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
बुध Budha232.59°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati83.45°MithunaPunarvasu P2
शुक्र Śukra274.08°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani204.48°TulāViśākhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:24 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:06 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:45 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:02 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:28 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 42 Mins 17 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 17 Mins 43 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:58 – 05:41
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:30 – 06:24
Abhijit Muhūrta11:24 – 12:06
Vijaya Muhūrta13:32 – 14:15
Godhūli Muhūrta16:54 – 17:18
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:06 – 17:33
Amṛta Kāla16:51 – 18:36
Niśīta Muhūrta23:24 – 00:06

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:44 – 09:04
Yamaganda10:25 – 11:45
Gulika Kāla13:05 – 14:26
Varjyam06:51 – 07:08
Dur Muhūrta 08:54 – 09:15

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
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):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:24 – 07:44 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:44 – 09:04 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:04 – 10:25 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:25 – 11:45 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:45 – 13:05 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:05 – 14:26 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:26 – 15:46 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta15:46 – 17:06 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:06 – 18:46 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha18:46 – 20:26 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:26 – 22:05 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:05 – 23:45 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:45 – 01:25 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:25 – 03:04 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:04 – 04:44 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:44 – 06:24 (neutral)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Caturdaśī + Rohiṇī alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Rohiṇī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868177.27
Julian Day2456642.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0480°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)165.54°
🪷 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 (24.0480°), declination -23.31°, EoT 3.72 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: 2013-12-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)