पञ्चाङ्ग — Ranchi, Jharkhand · January 15, 2023 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 14.2 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
इदं ज्ञानमुपाश्रित्य मम साधर्म्यमागताः।सर्गेऽपि नोपजायन्ते प्रलये न व्यथन्ति च।।14.2।।
"14.2 Dwelling in Wisdom and realising My Divinity, they are not born again when the universe is re-created at the beginning of every cycle, nor are they affected when it is dissolved." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.2's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2080 Nala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1945 Śobhana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1430
Malayalam Era: 1199
Nanakshahi: 554
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Citrā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya270.43°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra179.89°KanyāCitrā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala43.69°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
बुध Budha254.46°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati338.97°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
शुक्र Śukra290.48°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
शनि Śani299.80°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:33 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:24 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:58 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)00:10 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:42 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 50 Mins 48 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 09 Mins 12 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:06 – 05:49
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:38 – 06:33
Abhijit Muhūrta11:36 – 12:20
Vijaya Muhūrta13:47 – 14:30
Godhūli Muhūrta17:12 – 17:36
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:24 – 17:51
Amṛta Kāla17:09 – 18:54
Niśīta Muhūrta23:36 – 00:20

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:02 – 17:24
Yamaganda11:58 – 13:19
Gulika Kāla14:41 – 16:02
Varjyam07:00 – 07:17
Dur Muhūrta 09:05 – 09:26

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:33 – 07:54 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:54 – 09:15 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:15 – 10:37 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:37 – 11:58 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:58 – 13:19 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:19 – 14:41 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:41 – 16:02 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:02 – 17:24 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:24 – 19:02 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:02 – 20:41 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:41 – 22:19 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:19 – 23:58 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:58 – 01:37 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:37 – 03:15 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:15 – 04:54 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:54 – 06:33 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Citrā alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5124
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871494.27
Julian Day2459959.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1748°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)273.17°
🪷 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 (24.1748°), declination -21.20°, EoT -9.35 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: 2023-01-15 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)