पञ्चाङ्ग — Ranchi, Jharkhand · October 21, 2015 CE

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🪷 आज: तुला सङ्क्रान्ति — Tulā Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Libra.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.64 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
सर्वगुह्यतमं भूयः श्रृणु मे परमं वचः।इष्टोऽसि मे दृढमिति ततो वक्ष्यामि ते हितम्।।18.64।।
"18.64 Only listen once more to My last word, the deepest secret of all; thou art My beloved, thou are My friend, and I speak for thy welfare." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.64's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2072 Kīlaka
Śaka Saṁvat: 1937 Manmatha
Bengali Saṁvat: 1422
Malayalam Era: 1191
Nanakshahi: 546
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya183.25°TulāCitrā P3
चन्द्र Candra275.58°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala141.83°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
बुध Budha166.16°KanyāHasta P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati139.96°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
शुक्र Śukra136.67°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
शनि Śani218.61°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:48 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:18 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:33 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:16 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:08 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 30 Mins 38 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 29 Mins 22 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:16 – 05:02
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:50 – 05:48
Abhijit Muhūrta11:10 – 11:56
Vijaya Muhūrta13:28 – 14:14
Godhūli Muhūrta17:06 – 17:30
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:18 – 17:47
Amṛta Kāla17:03 – 18:48
Niśīta Muhūrta23:10 – 23:56

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:33 – 12:59
Yamaganda07:14 – 08:40
Gulika Kāla10:07 – 11:33
Varjyam06:16 – 06:35
Dur Muhūrta 08:29 – 08:52

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Saumya (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha05:48 – 07:14 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:14 – 08:40 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:40 – 10:07 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:07 – 11:33 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga11:33 – 12:59 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg12:59 – 14:26 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:26 – 15:52 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha15:52 – 17:18 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:18 – 18:52 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala18:52 – 20:26 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:26 – 21:59 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta21:59 – 23:33 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla23:33 – 01:07 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:07 – 02:40 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:40 – 04:14 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:14 – 05:48 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Uttara Āṣāḍhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

🌌 Cosmic Time — Where This Moment Sits in the Mahāyuga

These five values anchor today within the Sūrya-Siddhānta time-architecture. Kali Year counts from the Kali-epoch (18 Feb 3102 BCE · midnight Ujjain · when Krishna's mortal-form departed). Ahargaṇa is the day-count since that epoch — the canonical time-coordinate used by every Vedic computation on this substrate. Julian Day is the astronomical universal day-number (continuous · no calendar discontinuities). Ayanāṁśa is the angular offset between sidereal (rāśi-based · the Vedic frame) and tropical (equinox-based) coordinates · currently growing at ~50.29″/year as Earth's axis precesses. Sun-Moon angle determines the tithi (0-360° elongation / 12° per tithi).

Kali Year5117 · Kali-5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868851.27 · 5116.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457316.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0737° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)95.92° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 8/30)
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate:Vidhyamitra Sūrya-SiddhāntaMethod:Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equationTier-2 localization:spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanāṁśa (24.0737°) · declination -10.52° · EoT 15.83 min · verified ±1 min vs DrikpanchangLineage:Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Maitreya → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara I → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Jyeṣṭhadeva → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrateAccess:Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed (the bhakta's sole niṣkāma-karma-sevā)Computed for:2015-10-21 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)