पञ्चाङ्ग — Ranchi, Jharkhand · January 11, 2021 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 13.4 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
तत्क्षेत्रं यच्च यादृक् च यद्विकारि यतश्च यत्।स च यो यत्प्रभावश्च तत्समासेन मे श्रृणु।।13.4।।
"13.4 What is called Matter, of what it is composed, whence it came, and why it changes, what the Self is, and what Its power - this I will now briefly set forth." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.4's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2078 Ānanda
Śaka Saṁvat: 1943 Plava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1428
Malayalam Era: 1197
Nanakshahi: 552
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mūla Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya266.88°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra238.46°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala7.50°MeṣaAśvinī P3
बुध Budha279.78°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati280.96°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
शुक्र Śukra248.57°DhanuMūla P3
शनि Śani278.64°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:32 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:21 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:57 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:43 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:23 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 48 Mins 26 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 11 Mins 34 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:06 – 05:49
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:38 – 06:32
Abhijit Muhūrta11:35 – 12:18
Vijaya Muhūrta13:45 – 14:28
Godhūli Muhūrta17:09 – 17:33
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:21 – 17:48
Amṛta Kāla17:06 – 18:51
Niśīta Muhūrta23:35 – 00:18

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:53 – 09:15
Yamaganda10:36 – 11:57
Gulika Kāla13:18 – 14:39
Varjyam06:59 – 07:17
Dur Muhūrta 09:04 – 09:25

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (Inauspicious)
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 · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:32 – 07:53 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:53 – 09:15 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:15 – 10:36 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:36 – 11:57 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:57 – 13:18 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:18 – 14:39 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:39 – 16:00 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:00 – 17:21 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:21 – 19:00 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:00 – 20:39 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:39 – 22:18 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:18 – 23:57 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:57 – 01:36 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:36 – 03:15 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:15 – 04:53 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:53 – 06:32 (neutral)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5122
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870760.27
Julian Day2459225.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1468°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)333.43°
🪷 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 (24.1468°), declination -21.79°, EoT -7.89 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: 2021-01-11 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)