पञ्चाङ्ग — Ranchi, Jharkhand · October 16, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: शरद पूर्णिमा — Śarad Pūrṇimā / Kojāgarī Pūrṇimā
Krishna's Mahā-rāsa with the gopīs at Vṛndāvana. Lakṣmī wakes ("ko jāgartti?")

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 9.9 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
न च मां तानि कर्माणि निबध्नन्ति धनञ्जय।

उदासीनवदासीनमसक्तं तेषु कर्मसु।।9.9।।
"9.9 But these acts of mine do not bind Me. I remain outside and unattached." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.9's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya179.02°KanyāCitrā P2
चन्द्र Candra357.02°MīnaRevatī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala258.39°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
बुध Budha170.55°KanyāHasta P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati163.22°KanyāHasta P1
शुक्र Śukra212.97°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
शनि Śani228.56°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:46 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:22 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:34 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:09 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:43 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 36 Mins 04 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 23 Mins 56 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:13 – 04:59
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:48 – 05:46
Abhijit Muhūrta11:11 – 11:57
Vijaya Muhūrta13:30 – 14:16
Godhūli Muhūrta17:10 – 17:34
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:22 – 17:51
Amṛta Kāla17:07 – 18:52
Niśīta Muhūrta23:11 – 23:57

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:55 – 17:22
Yamaganda11:34 – 13:01
Gulika Kāla14:28 – 15:55
Varjyam06:15 – 06:33
Dur Muhūrta 08:28 – 08:51

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (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 · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:46 – 07:13 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:13 – 08:40 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:40 – 10:07 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:07 – 11:34 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:34 – 13:01 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:01 – 14:28 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:28 – 15:55 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:55 – 17:22 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:22 – 18:55 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:55 – 20:28 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:28 – 22:01 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:01 – 23:34 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:34 – 01:07 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:07 – 02:40 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:40 – 04:13 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:13 – 05:46 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Revatī alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869212.27
Julian Day2457677.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0876°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)177.31°
🪷 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 (24.0876°), declination -8.98°, EoT 15.05 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: 2016-10-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)