पञ्चाङ्ग — Ranchi, Jharkhand · December 29, 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 1.26 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
तत्रापश्यत्स्थितान्पार्थः पितृ़नथ पितामहान्।

आचार्यान्मातुलान्भ्रातृ़न्पुत्रान्पौत्रान्सखींस्तथा।।1.26।।
"1.26 There Arjuna noticed fathers, grandfathers, uncles, cousins, sons, grandsons, teachers, friends;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.26's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa 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)Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī (27/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Viśākhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya253.43°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra206.05°TulāViśākhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala166.05°KanyāHasta P2
बुध Budha253.12°DhanuMūla P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati81.82°MithunaPunarvasu P1
शुक्र Śukra273.67°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani205.77°TulāViśākhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:30 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:12 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:51 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:11 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:13 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 42 Mins 38 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 17 Mins 22 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:04 – 05:47
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:36 – 06:30
Abhijit Muhūrta11:30 – 12:13
Vijaya Muhūrta13:38 – 14:21
Godhūli Muhūrta17:00 – 17:24
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:12 – 17:39
Amṛta Kāla16:57 – 18:42
Niśīta Muhūrta23:30 – 00:13

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:52 – 17:12
Yamaganda11:51 – 13:11
Gulika Kāla14:32 – 15:52
Varjyam06:57 – 07:14
Dur Muhūrta 09:00 – 09:21

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (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 · 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 Udveg06:30 – 07:50 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:50 – 09:10 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:10 – 10:31 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:31 – 11:51 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:51 – 13:11 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:11 – 14:32 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:32 – 15:52 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:52 – 17:12 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:12 – 18:52 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:52 – 20:32 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:32 – 22:11 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:11 – 23:51 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:51 – 01:31 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:31 – 03:10 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:10 – 04:50 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:50 – 06:30 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Viśākhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868190.27
Julian Day2456655.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0485°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)314.70°
🪷 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 (24.0485°), declination -23.23°, EoT -2.35 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: 2013-12-29 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)