पञ्चाङ्ग — Ranchi, Jharkhand · May 12, 2019 CE

🪷 आज: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 16.13 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga
इदमद्य मया लब्धमिमं प्राप्स्ये मनोरथम्।इदमस्तीदमपि मे भविष्यति पुनर्धनम्।।16.13।।
"16.13 This I have gained today; tomorrow I will gratify another desire; this wealth is mine now, the rest shall be mine ere long;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 16.13's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2076 Paridhāvi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1941 Vikāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1426
Malayalam Era: 1195
Nanakshahi: 550
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vṛddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya26.93°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
चन्द्र Candra116.83°KarkaAśleṣā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala63.01°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
बुध Budha15.56°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati238.73°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
शुक्र Śukra1.54°MeṣaAśvinī P1
शनि Śani266.20°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:09 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:21 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:45 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:16 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:13 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 12 Mins 17 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 47 Mins 43 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:23 – 04:16
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:03 – 05:09
Abhijit Muhūrta11:19 – 12:11
Vijaya Muhūrta13:57 – 14:50
Godhūli Muhūrta18:09 – 18:33
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:21 – 18:54
Amṛta Kāla18:06 – 19:51
Niśīta Muhūrta23:19 – 00:11

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:42 – 18:21
Yamaganda11:45 – 13:24
Gulika Kāla15:03 – 16:42
Varjyam05:42 – 06:03
Dur Muhūrta 08:14 – 08:40

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Vajra (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

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):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:09 – 06:48 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala06:48 – 08:27 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:27 – 10:06 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:06 – 11:45 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:45 – 13:24 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:24 – 15:03 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:03 – 16:42 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:42 – 18:21 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:21 – 19:42 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:42 – 21:03 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:03 – 22:24 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:24 – 23:45 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:45 – 01:06 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:06 – 02:27 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:27 – 03:48 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha03:48 – 05:09 (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 Aṣṭamī + Āśleṣā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5121
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870150.27
Julian Day2458615.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1234°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)90.76°
🪷 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 (24.1234°), declination 18.02°, EoT 3.74 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: 2019-05-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)