पञ्चाङ्ग — Ranchi, Jharkhand · October 5, 2021 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 2.12 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
न त्वेवाहं जातु नासं न त्वं नेमे जनाधिपाः।

न चैव न भविष्यामः सर्वे वयमतः परम्।।2.12।।
"2.12 There was never a time when I was not, nor thou, nor these princes were not; there will never be a time when we shall cease to be." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.12's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2078 Ānanda
Śaka Saṁvat: 1943 Plava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1428
Malayalam Era: 1197
Nanakshahi: 552
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya167.87°KanyāHasta P3
चन्द्र Candra149.01°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala168.56°KanyāHasta P3
बुध Budha177.55°KanyāCitrā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati298.44°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
शुक्र Śukra212.93°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
शनि Śani282.79°MakaraŚravaṇa P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:41 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:32 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:36 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:14 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:28 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 50 Mins 50 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 09 Mins 10 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:06 – 04:54
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:42 – 05:41
Abhijit Muhūrta11:13 – 12:00
Vijaya Muhūrta13:35 – 14:22
Godhūli Muhūrta17:20 – 17:44
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:32 – 18:01
Amṛta Kāla17:17 – 19:02
Niśīta Muhūrta23:13 – 00:00

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:34 – 16:03
Yamaganda08:39 – 10:08
Gulika Kāla11:36 – 13:05
Varjyam06:11 – 06:30
Dur Muhūrta 08:27 – 08:51

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga05:41 – 07:10 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:10 – 08:39 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala08:39 – 10:08 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:08 – 11:36 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta11:36 – 13:05 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:05 – 14:34 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:34 – 16:03 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:03 – 17:32 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:32 – 19:03 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:03 – 20:34 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:34 – 22:05 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:05 – 23:36 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala23:36 – 01:08 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:08 – 02:39 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta02:39 – 04:10 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:10 – 05:41 (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 Year5123
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871027.27
Julian Day2459492.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1570°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)340.50°
🪷 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 (24.1570°), declination -4.76°, EoT 12.39 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: 2021-10-05 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)