पञ्चाङ्ग — Ranchi, Jharkhand · January 20, 2014 CE

🪷 आज: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.1 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
सञ्जय उवाच

तं तथा कृपयाऽविष्टमश्रुपूर्णाकुलेक्षणम्।

विषीदन्तमिदं वाक्यमुवाच मधुसूदनः।।2.1।।
"2.1 Sanjaya then told how the Lord Shri Krishna, seeing Arjuna overwhelmed with compassion, his eyes dimmed with flowing tears and full of despondency, consoled him:" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.1's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1421
Malayalam Era: 1190
Nanakshahi: 545
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya275.84°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra137.84°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala175.04°KanyāCitrā P1
बुध Budha289.39°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati78.89°MithunaĀrdrā P4
शुक्र Śukra262.01°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani207.56°TulāViśākhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:32 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:27 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:00 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)20:33 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:03 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 54 Mins 50 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 05 Mins 10 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:05 – 05:49
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:38 – 06:32
Abhijit Muhūrta11:38 – 12:22
Vijaya Muhūrta13:49 – 14:33
Godhūli Muhūrta17:15 – 17:39
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:27 – 17:54
Amṛta Kāla17:12 – 18:57
Niśīta Muhūrta23:38 – 00:22

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:54 – 09:16
Yamaganda10:38 – 12:00
Gulika Kāla13:22 – 14:43
Varjyam07:00 – 07:17
Dur Muhūrta 09:05 – 09:27

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:32 – 07:54 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:54 – 09:16 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:16 – 10:38 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:38 – 12:00 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:00 – 13:22 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:22 – 14:43 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:43 – 16:05 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:05 – 17:27 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:27 – 19:05 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:05 – 20:43 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:43 – 22:22 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:22 – 00:00 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:00 – 01:38 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:38 – 03:16 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:16 – 04:54 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:54 – 06:32 (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 Time

Kali Year5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868212.27
Julian Day2456677.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0493°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)225.18°
🪷 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 (24.0493°), declination -20.17°, EoT -10.96 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: 2014-01-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)