पञ्चाङ्ग — Ranchi, Jharkhand · January 7, 2014 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 1.35 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
एतान्न हन्तुमिच्छामि घ्नतोऽपि मधुसूदन।

अपि त्रैलोक्यराज्यस्य हेतोः किं नु महीकृते।।1.35।।
"1.35 I would not kill them, even for three worlds; why then for this poor earth? It matters not if I myself am killed." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.35's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1421
Malayalam Era: 1190
Nanakshahi: 545
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Saptamī (7/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya262.60°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra338.88°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala169.98°KanyāHasta P3
बुध Budha267.74°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati80.61°MithunaPunarvasu P1
शुक्र Śukra269.57°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शनि Śani206.57°TulāViśākhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:32 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:18 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:55 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:56 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:05 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 46 Mins 00 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 14 Mins 00 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:06 – 05:49
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:38 – 06:32
Abhijit Muhūrta11:34 – 12:17
Vijaya Muhūrta13:43 – 14:26
Godhūli Muhūrta17:06 – 17:30
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:18 – 17:45
Amṛta Kāla17:03 – 18:48
Niśīta Muhūrta23:34 – 00:17

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:37 – 15:57
Yamaganda09:14 – 10:34
Gulika Kāla11:55 – 13:16
Varjyam06:59 – 07:16
Dur Muhūrta 09:03 – 09:24

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (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 · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:32 – 07:53 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:53 – 09:14 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:14 – 10:34 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:34 – 11:55 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:55 – 13:16 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:16 – 14:37 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:37 – 15:57 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga15:57 – 17:18 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:18 – 18:57 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha18:57 – 20:37 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:37 – 22:16 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:16 – 23:55 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:55 – 01:34 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:34 – 03:14 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:14 – 04:53 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:53 – 06:32 (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 Time

Kali Year5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868199.27
Julian Day2456664.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0488°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)72.85°
🪷 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 (24.0488°), declination -22.40°, EoT -6.29 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: 2014-01-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)