पञ्चाङ्ग — Ranchi, Jharkhand · June 17, 2018 CE

🪷 आज: मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mithuna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Gemini.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.22 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
यं लब्ध्वा चापरं लाभं मन्यते नाधिकं ततः।

यस्मिन्स्थितो न दुःखेन गुरुणापि विचाल्यते।।6.22।।
"6.22 Finding That, he will realise that there is no possession so precious. And when once established here, no calamity can disturb him." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.22's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya61.72°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
चन्द्र Candra106.81°KarkaAśleṣā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala284.26°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
बुध Budha74.28°MithunaĀrdrā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati199.93°TulāSvātī P4
शुक्र Śukra99.29°KarkaPuṣya P2
शनि Śani252.39°DhanuMūla P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:02 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:36 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:49 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:16 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:24 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 34 Mins 03 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 25 Mins 57 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:14 – 04:08
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:55 – 05:02
Abhijit Muhūrta11:22 – 12:17
Vijaya Muhūrta14:05 – 14:59
Godhūli Muhūrta18:24 – 18:48
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:36 – 19:10
Amṛta Kāla18:21 – 20:06
Niśīta Muhūrta23:22 – 00:17

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:55 – 18:36
Yamaganda11:49 – 13:31
Gulika Kāla15:13 – 16:55
Varjyam05:36 – 05:58
Dur Muhūrta 08:12 – 08:39

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:02 – 06:44 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:44 – 08:26 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:26 – 10:08 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:08 – 11:49 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:49 – 13:31 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:31 – 15:13 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:13 – 16:55 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:55 – 18:36 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:36 – 19:55 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:55 – 21:13 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:13 – 22:31 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:31 – 23:49 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:49 – 01:08 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:08 – 02:26 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:26 – 03:44 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:44 – 05:02 (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 Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869821.27
Julian Day2458286.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1108°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)42.27°
🪷 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 (24.1108°), declination 23.37°, EoT -0.61 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: 2018-06-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)