पञ्चाङ्ग — Ranchi, Jharkhand · December 16, 2022 CE

Also observed today

वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति · Vṛścika SaṅkrāntiPan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 13.7 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga

इच्छा द्वेषः सुखं दुःखं सङ्घातश्चेतनाधृतिः।एतत्क्षेत्रं समासेन सविकारमुदाहृतम्।।13.7।।

"13.7 Desire, aversion, pleasure, pain, sympathy, vitality and the persistent clinging to life, these are in brief the constituents of changing Matter." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 13.7's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2079 Rākṣasa

Śaka Saṁvat: 1944 Śubhakṛt

Bengali Saṁvat: 1429

Malayalam Era: 1198

Nanakshahi: 553

Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)

Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Uttara Phalgunī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)	Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)	Bālava
वार (Vāra)	Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	239.87°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P4
चन्द्र Candra	146.12°	Siṃha	Pūrva Phalgunī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala	48.73°	Vṛṣabha	Rohiṇī P3
बुध Budha	258.71°	Dhanu	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati	335.46°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P1
शुक्र Śukra	252.90°	Dhanu	Mūla P4
शनि Śani	296.86°	Makara	Dhaniṣṭhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	06:24 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	17:06 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:45 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	23:21 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	11:39 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	10 Hours 42 Mins 20 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	13 Hours 17 Mins 40 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	04:58 – 05:41
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	05:30 – 06:24
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:24 – 12:06
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:32 – 14:15
Godhūli Muhūrta	16:54 – 17:18
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	17:06 – 17:33
Amṛta Kāla	16:51 – 18:36
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:24 – 00:06

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	10:25 – 11:45
Yamaganda	14:26 – 15:46
Gulika Kāla	07:44 – 09:04
Varjyam	06:51 – 07:08
Dur Muhūrta	08:54 – 09:15

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)

Candra Vāsa: West

Rāhu Vāsa: South-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Prajāpati (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)

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 Chala	06:24 – 07:44 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha	07:44 – 09:04 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta	09:04 – 10:25 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla	10:25 – 11:45 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha	11:45 – 13:05 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga	13:05 – 14:26 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg	14:26 – 15:46 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala	15:46 – 17:06 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga	17:06 – 18:46 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg	18:46 – 20:26 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala	20:26 – 22:05 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha	22:05 – 23:45 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta	23:45 – 01:25 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla	01:25 – 03:04 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha	03:04 – 04:44 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga	04:44 – 06:24 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 23.3441°

Longitude: 85.3096°

Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Śukra Walk (शुक्र यात्रा)

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Uttara Phalgunī alignment also occurred on:

-3226-07-09 — Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5124
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1871464.27
Julian Day	2459929.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1737°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	269.71°

🪷 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 (24.1737°), declination -23.30°, EoT 3.72 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: 2022-12-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)