पञ्चाङ्ग — Ranchi, Jharkhand · March 24, 2018 CE

🪷 आज: मीन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mīna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Pisces; Mīna-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 4.8 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
परित्राणाय साधूनां विनाशाय च दुष्कृताम्।

धर्मसंस्थापनार्थाय संभवामि युगे युगे।।4.8।।
"4.8 To protect the righteous, to destroy the wicked and to establish the kingdom of God, I am reborn from age to age." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Saptamī (7/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Saubhāgya
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya339.25°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
चन्द्र Candra61.24°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala249.23°DhanuMūla P3
बुध Budha352.65°MīnaRevatī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati208.58°TulāViśākhā P3
शुक्र Śukra356.83°MīnaRevatī P4
शनि Śani254.39°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:50 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:02 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:56 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:38 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:09 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 11 Mins 52 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 48 Mins 08 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:12 – 05:01
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:49 – 05:50
Abhijit Muhūrta11:31 – 12:20
Vijaya Muhūrta13:58 – 14:46
Godhūli Muhūrta17:50 – 18:14
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:02 – 18:32
Amṛta Kāla17:47 – 19:32
Niśīta Muhūrta23:31 – 00:20

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:53 – 10:24
Yamaganda13:27 – 14:59
Gulika Kāla05:50 – 07:21
Varjyam06:20 – 06:40
Dur Muhūrta 08:40 – 09:05

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:50 – 07:21 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:21 – 08:53 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:53 – 10:24 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:24 – 11:56 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:56 – 13:27 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:27 – 14:59 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:59 – 16:30 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:30 – 18:02 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:02 – 19:30 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:30 – 20:59 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:59 – 22:27 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:27 – 23:56 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:56 – 01:24 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:24 – 02:53 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:53 – 04:21 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:21 – 05:50 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869736.27
Julian Day2458201.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1076°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)82.51°
🪷 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 (24.1076°), declination 1.33°, EoT -6.90 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: 2018-03-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)