पञ्चाङ्ग — Ranchi, Jharkhand · January 5, 2020 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 3.2 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
व्यामिश्रेणेव वाक्येन बुद्धिं मोहयसीव मे।

तदेकं वद निश्िचत्य येन श्रेयोऽहमाप्नुयाम्।।3.2।।
"3.2 Thy language perplexes me and confuses my reason. Therefore please tell me the only way by which I may, without doubt, secure my spiritual welfare." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.2's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2077 Pramādī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1942 Śārvarī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1427
Malayalam Era: 1196
Nanakshahi: 551
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Aśvinī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya260.01°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra10.20°MeṣaAśvinī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala216.71°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
बुध Budha256.42°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati253.49°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra294.94°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
शनि Śani267.69°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:32 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:17 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:54 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:50 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:40 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 44 Mins 50 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 15 Mins 10 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:06 – 05:49
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:38 – 06:32
Abhijit Muhūrta11:33 – 12:16
Vijaya Muhūrta13:42 – 14:25
Godhūli Muhūrta17:05 – 17:29
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:17 – 17:44
Amṛta Kāla17:02 – 18:47
Niśīta Muhūrta23:33 – 00:16

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:56 – 17:17
Yamaganda11:54 – 13:15
Gulika Kāla14:35 – 15:56
Varjyam06:59 – 07:16
Dur Muhūrta 09:02 – 09:24

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (Auspicious)
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):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:32 – 07:52 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:52 – 09:13 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:13 – 10:34 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:34 – 11:54 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:54 – 13:15 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:15 – 14:35 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:35 – 15:56 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:56 – 17:17 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:17 – 18:56 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:56 – 20:35 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:35 – 22:15 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:15 – 23:54 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:54 – 01:34 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:34 – 03:13 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:13 – 04:52 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:52 – 06:32 (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 Daśamī + Aśvinī alignment also occurred on:
-3101-02-18Kali Yuga Epoch (same Aśvinī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5121
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870388.27
Julian Day2458853.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1325°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)111.12°
🪷 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 (24.1325°), declination -22.69°, EoT -5.45 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: 2020-01-05 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)