पञ्चाङ्ग — Ranchi, Jharkhand · February 7, 2022 CE

🪷 आज: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 4.22 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
यदृच्छालाभसन्तुष्टो द्वन्द्वातीतो विमत्सरः।

समः सिद्धावसिद्धौ च कृत्वापि न निबध्यते।।4.22।।
"4.22 Content with what comes to him without effort of his own, mounting above the pairs of opposites, free from envy, his mind balanced both in success and failure; though he acts, yet the consequences do not bind him." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.22's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2079 Rākṣasa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1944 Śubhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1429
Malayalam Era: 1198
Nanakshahi: 553
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Aśvinī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya294.07°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
चन्द्र Candra6.96°MeṣaAśvinī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala255.40°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
बुध Budha270.32°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati314.45°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
शुक्र Śukra257.90°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani292.10°MakaraŚravaṇa P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:27 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:40 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:03 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:31 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:18 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 13 Mins 06 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 46 Mins 54 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:57 – 05:42
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:31 – 06:27
Abhijit Muhūrta11:41 – 12:26
Vijaya Muhūrta13:55 – 14:40
Godhūli Muhūrta17:28 – 17:52
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:40 – 18:08
Amṛta Kāla17:25 – 19:10
Niśīta Muhūrta23:41 – 00:26

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:51 – 09:15
Yamaganda10:39 – 12:03
Gulika Kāla13:27 – 14:51
Varjyam06:55 – 07:13
Dur Muhūrta 09:04 – 09:26

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Saumya (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

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 Amṛta06:27 – 07:51 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:51 – 09:15 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:15 – 10:39 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:39 – 12:03 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:03 – 13:27 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:27 – 14:51 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:51 – 16:16 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:16 – 17:40 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:40 – 19:16 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:16 – 20:51 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:51 – 22:27 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:27 – 00:03 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:03 – 01:39 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:39 – 03:15 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:15 – 04:51 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:51 – 06:27 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī + Aśvinī alignment also occurred on:
-3101-02-18Kali Yuga Epoch (same Aśvinī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5123
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871152.27
Julian Day2459617.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1618°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)71.76°
🪷 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 (24.1618°), declination -15.36°, EoT -14.38 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: 2022-02-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)