पञ्चाङ्ग — Ranchi, Jharkhand · December 25, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.3 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
एवमेतद्यथात्थ त्वमात्मानं परमेश्वर।

द्रष्टुमिच्छामि ते रूपमैश्वरं पुरुषोत्तम।।11.3।।
"11.3 I believe all as Thou hast declared it. I long now to have a vision of thy Divine Form, O Thou Most High!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.3's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Viśākhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya249.58°DhanuMūla P3
चन्द्र Candra202.92°TulāViśākhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala309.93°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
बुध Budha257.89°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati175.75°KanyāCitrā P1
शुक्र Śukra295.52°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
शनि Śani236.29°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:28 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:10 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:49 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:10 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:15 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 41 Mins 59 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 18 Mins 01 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:03 – 05:45
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:35 – 06:28
Abhijit Muhūrta11:28 – 12:11
Vijaya Muhūrta13:36 – 14:19
Godhūli Muhūrta16:58 – 17:22
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:10 – 17:37
Amṛta Kāla16:55 – 18:40
Niśīta Muhūrta23:28 – 00:11

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:50 – 17:10
Yamaganda11:49 – 13:10
Gulika Kāla14:30 – 15:50
Varjyam06:55 – 07:12
Dur Muhūrta 08:58 – 09:19

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:28 – 07:49 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:49 – 09:09 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:09 – 10:29 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:29 – 11:49 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:49 – 13:10 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:10 – 14:30 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:30 – 15:50 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:50 – 17:10 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:10 – 18:50 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:50 – 20:30 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:30 – 22:10 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:10 – 23:49 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:49 – 01:29 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:29 – 03:09 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:09 – 04:49 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:49 – 06:28 (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 Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Viśākhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869282.27
Julian Day2457747.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0902°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)311.49°
🪷 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 (24.0902°), declination -23.39°, EoT -0.49 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: 2016-12-25 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)