पञ्चाङ्ग — Ranchi, Jharkhand · August 12, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 7.2 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
ज्ञानं तेऽहं सविज्ञानमिदं वक्ष्याम्यशेषतः।

यज्ज्ञात्वा नेह भूयोऽन्यज्ज्ञातव्यमवशिष्यते।।7.2।।
"7.2 I will reveal to this knowledge unto thee, and how it may be realised; which, once accomplished, there remains nothing else worth having in this life." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.2's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Anurādhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya115.69°KarkaAśleṣā P3
चन्द्र Candra219.61°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala219.62°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
बुध Budha142.39°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati149.48°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
शुक्र Śukra133.57°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
शनि Śani225.50°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:23 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:24 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:54 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:24 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:14 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 00 Mins 15 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 59 Mins 45 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:39 – 04:31
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:18 – 05:23
Abhijit Muhūrta11:27 – 12:20
Vijaya Muhūrta14:04 – 14:56
Godhūli Muhūrta18:12 – 18:36
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:24 – 18:56
Amṛta Kāla18:09 – 19:54
Niśīta Muhūrta23:27 – 00:20

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:16 – 11:54
Yamaganda15:09 – 16:46
Gulika Kāla07:01 – 08:38
Varjyam05:56 – 06:17
Dur Muhūrta 08:25 – 08:51

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Vajra (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
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):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:23 – 07:01 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:01 – 08:38 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:38 – 10:16 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:16 – 11:54 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:54 – 13:31 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:31 – 15:09 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:09 – 16:46 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:46 – 18:24 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:24 – 19:46 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:46 – 21:09 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:09 – 22:31 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:31 – 23:54 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:54 – 01:16 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:16 – 02:38 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:38 – 04:01 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:01 – 05:23 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Navamī + Anurādhā alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Śukla Navamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869147.27
Julian Day2457612.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0851°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)105.12°
🪷 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 (24.0851°), declination 14.88°, EoT -4.74 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: 2016-08-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)