पञ्चाङ्ग — Ranchi, Jharkhand · January 24, 2016 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 2.34 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
अकीर्तिं चापि भूतानि कथयिष्यन्ति तेऽव्ययाम्।

संभावितस्य चाकीर्तिर्मरणादतिरिच्यते।।2.34।।
"2.34 Men will talk forever of thy disgrace; and to the noble, dishonour is worse than death." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.34's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Prīti
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya279.39°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra98.93°KarkaPuṣya P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala196.62°TulāSvātī P3
बुध Budha260.75°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati148.03°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
शुक्र Śukra245.92°DhanuMūla P2
शनि Śani229.15°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:32 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:30 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:01 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:21 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:37 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 57 Mins 56 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 02 Mins 04 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:04 – 05:48
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:37 – 06:32
Abhijit Muhūrta11:39 – 12:23
Vijaya Muhūrta13:50 – 14:34
Godhūli Muhūrta17:18 – 17:42
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:30 – 17:57
Amṛta Kāla17:15 – 19:00
Niśīta Muhūrta23:39 – 00:23

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:08 – 17:30
Yamaganda12:01 – 13:23
Gulika Kāla14:45 – 16:08
Varjyam06:59 – 07:17
Dur Muhūrta 09:05 – 09:27

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

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):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:32 – 07:54 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:54 – 09:16 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:16 – 10:39 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:39 – 12:01 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:01 – 13:23 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:23 – 14:45 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:45 – 16:08 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:08 – 17:30 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:30 – 19:08 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:08 – 20:45 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:45 – 22:23 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:23 – 00:01 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:01 – 01:39 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:39 – 03:16 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:16 – 04:54 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:54 – 06:32 (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 Time

Kali Year5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868946.27
Julian Day2457411.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0774°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)181.27°
🪷 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 (24.0774°), declination -19.38°, EoT -12.06 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: 2016-01-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)