पञ्चाङ्ग — Ranchi, Jharkhand · August 28, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: इन्दिरा एकादशी — Indirā Ekādaśī
Falls in Pitṛ Pakṣa; liberates ancestors from naraka.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 7.18 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
उदाराः सर्व एवैते ज्ञानी त्वात्मैव मे मतम्।

आस्थितः स हि युक्तात्मा मामेवानुत्तमां गतिम्।।7.18।।
"7.18 Noble-minded are they all, but the wise man I hold as my own Self; for he, remaining always at peace with Me, makes me his final goal." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Siddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya131.09°SiṃhaMaghā P4
चन्द्र Candra78.42°MithunaĀrdrā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala227.54°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
बुध Budha154.64°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati152.71°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
शुक्र Śukra153.19°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
शनि Śani225.67°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:29 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:10 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:50 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)01:34 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:04 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 40 Mins 55 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 19 Mins 05 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:48 – 04:38
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:26 – 05:29
Abhijit Muhūrta11:24 – 12:15
Vijaya Muhūrta13:56 – 14:47
Godhūli Muhūrta17:58 – 18:22
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:10 – 18:42
Amṛta Kāla17:55 – 19:40
Niśīta Muhūrta23:24 – 00:15

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:35 – 18:10
Yamaganda11:50 – 13:25
Gulika Kāla15:00 – 16:35
Varjyam06:01 – 06:21
Dur Muhūrta 08:27 – 08:52

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:29 – 07:04 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:04 – 08:39 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:39 – 10:14 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:14 – 11:50 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:50 – 13:25 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:25 – 15:00 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:00 – 16:35 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:35 – 18:10 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:10 – 19:35 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:35 – 21:00 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:00 – 22:25 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:25 – 23:50 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:50 – 01:14 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:14 – 02:39 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:39 – 04:04 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:04 – 05:29 (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 Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869163.27
Julian Day2457628.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0857°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)306.92°
🪷 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 (24.0857°), declination 9.61°, EoT -0.81 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: 2016-08-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)