पञ्चाङ्ग — Ranchi, Jharkhand · August 16, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 7.6 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
एतद्योनीनि भूतानि सर्वाणीत्युपधारय।

अहं कृत्स्नस्य जगतः प्रभवः प्रलयस्तथा।।7.6।।
"7.6 It is the womb of all being; for I am He by Whom the worlds were created and shall be dissolved." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.6'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 Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya119.53°KarkaAśleṣā P4
चन्द्र Candra269.82°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala221.46°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
बुध Budha146.71°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati150.27°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
शुक्र Śukra138.48°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
शनि Śani225.51°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:25 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:21 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:53 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:30 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:18 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 55 Mins 38 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 04 Mins 22 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:41 – 04:33
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:20 – 05:25
Abhijit Muhūrta11:27 – 12:19
Vijaya Muhūrta14:02 – 14:54
Godhūli Muhūrta18:09 – 18:33
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:21 – 18:53
Amṛta Kāla18:06 – 19:51
Niśīta Muhūrta23:27 – 00:19

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:07 – 16:44
Yamaganda08:39 – 10:16
Gulika Kāla11:53 – 13:30
Varjyam05:57 – 06:18
Dur Muhūrta 08:26 – 08:52

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (Auspicious)
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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga05:25 – 07:02 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:02 – 08:39 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:39 – 10:16 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:16 – 11:53 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:53 – 13:30 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:30 – 15:07 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:07 – 16:44 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:44 – 18:21 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:21 – 19:44 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:44 – 21:07 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:07 – 22:30 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:30 – 23:53 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:53 – 01:16 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:16 – 02:39 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:39 – 04:02 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:02 – 05:25 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869151.27
Julian Day2457616.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0852°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)149.90°
🪷 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 (24.0852°), declination 13.65°, EoT -3.97 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: 2016-08-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)