पञ्चाङ्ग — Ranchi, Jharkhand · September 29, 2020 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 10.17 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
कथं विद्यामहं योगिंस्त्वां सदा परिचिन्तयन्।

केषु केषु च भावेषु चिन्त्योऽसि भगवन्मया।।10.17।।
"10.17 O Master! How shall I, by constant meditation, know Thee? My Lord! What are Thy various manifestations through which I am to mediate on Thee?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2077 Pramādī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1942 Śārvarī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1427
Malayalam Era: 1196
Nanakshahi: 551
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya162.22°KanyāHasta P1
चन्द्र Candra310.70°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala1.02°MeṣaAśvinī P1
बुध Budha187.57°TulāSvātī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati263.68°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शुक्र Śukra121.15°SiṃhaMaghā P1
शनि Śani271.18°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:39 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:38 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:38 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:47 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:18 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 58 Mins 32 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 01 Mins 28 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:03 – 04:51
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:39 – 05:39
Abhijit Muhūrta11:14 – 12:02
Vijaya Muhūrta13:38 – 14:26
Godhūli Muhūrta17:26 – 17:50
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:38 – 18:07
Amṛta Kāla17:23 – 19:08
Niśīta Muhūrta23:14 – 00:02

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:38 – 16:08
Yamaganda08:39 – 10:08
Gulika Kāla11:38 – 13:08
Varjyam06:09 – 06:28
Dur Muhūrta 08:27 – 08:51

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Prajāpati (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga05:39 – 07:09 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:09 – 08:39 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:39 – 10:08 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:08 – 11:38 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:38 – 13:08 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:08 – 14:38 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:38 – 16:08 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:08 – 17:38 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:38 – 19:08 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:08 – 20:38 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:38 – 22:08 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:08 – 23:38 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:38 – 01:08 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:08 – 02:39 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:39 – 04:09 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:09 – 05:39 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5122
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870656.27
Julian Day2459121.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1428°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)147.73°
🪷 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 (24.1428°), declination -2.53°, EoT 10.52 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: 2020-09-29 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)