पञ्चाङ्ग — Ranchi, Jharkhand · May 13, 2015 CE

🪷 आज: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 14.2 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
इदं ज्ञानमुपाश्रित्य मम साधर्म्यमागताः।सर्गेऽपि नोपजायन्ते प्रलये न व्यथन्ति च।।14.2।।
"14.2 Dwelling in Wisdom and realising My Divinity, they are not born again when the universe is re-created at the beginning of every cycle, nor are they affected when it is dissolved." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.2's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2072 Kīlaka
Śaka Saṁvat: 1937 Manmatha
Bengali Saṁvat: 1422
Malayalam Era: 1191
Nanakshahi: 546
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Daśamī (25/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Bhādrapadā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya27.92°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
चन्द्र Candra318.97°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala36.35°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
बुध Budha47.58°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati109.51°KarkaAśleṣā P1
शुक्र Śukra71.33°MithunaĀrdrā P2
शनि Śani218.09°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:08 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:22 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:45 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)01:18 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:00 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 13 Mins 14 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 46 Mins 46 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:23 – 04:16
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:02 – 05:08
Abhijit Muhūrta11:19 – 12:11
Vijaya Muhūrta13:57 – 14:50
Godhūli Muhūrta18:10 – 18:34
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:22 – 18:55
Amṛta Kāla18:07 – 19:52
Niśīta Muhūrta23:19 – 00:11

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:45 – 13:24
Yamaganda06:48 – 08:27
Gulika Kāla10:06 – 11:45
Varjyam05:41 – 06:03
Dur Muhūrta 08:13 – 08:40

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Vajra (Inauspicious)
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 · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha05:08 – 06:48 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta06:48 – 08:27 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:27 – 10:06 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:06 – 11:45 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:45 – 13:24 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:24 – 15:03 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:03 – 16:42 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:42 – 18:22 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:22 – 19:42 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:42 – 21:03 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:03 – 22:24 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:24 – 23:45 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:45 – 01:06 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:06 – 02:27 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:27 – 03:48 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg03:48 – 05:08 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868690.27
Julian Day2457155.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0676°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)293.00°
🪷 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 (24.0676°), declination 18.26°, EoT 3.75 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: 2015-05-13 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)