पञ्चाङ्ग — Ranchi, Jharkhand · April 2, 2028 CE

🪷 आज: मीन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mīna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Pisces; Mīna-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.17 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
सहस्रयुगपर्यन्तमहर्यद्ब्रह्मणो विदुः।

रात्रिं युगसहस्रान्तां तेऽहोरात्रविदो जनाः।।8.17।।
"8.17 Those who understand the cosmic day and cosmic night know that one day of creation is a thousand cycles, and that the night is of equal length." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2085 Durmati
Śaka Saṁvat: 1950 Kīlaka
Bengali Saṁvat: 1435
Malayalam Era: 1204
Nanakshahi: 559
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Saptamī (7/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya348.58°MīnaRevatī P1
चन्द्र Candra68.98°MithunaĀrdrā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala345.59°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
बुध Budha338.10°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati145.66°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
शुक्र Śukra33.84°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
शनि Śani4.38°MeṣaAśvinī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:40 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:05 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:53 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:29 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:00 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 24 Mins 50 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 35 Mins 10 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:01 – 04:51
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:38 – 05:40
Abhijit Muhūrta11:28 – 12:18
Vijaya Muhūrta13:57 – 14:47
Godhūli Muhūrta17:53 – 18:17
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:05 – 18:36
Amṛta Kāla17:50 – 19:35
Niśīta Muhūrta23:28 – 00:18

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:32 – 18:05
Yamaganda11:53 – 13:26
Gulika Kāla14:59 – 16:32
Varjyam06:11 – 06:31
Dur Muhūrta 08:34 – 08:59

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg05:40 – 07:13 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:13 – 08:47 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha08:47 – 10:20 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:20 – 11:53 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:53 – 13:26 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:26 – 14:59 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:59 – 16:32 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:32 – 18:05 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:05 – 19:32 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:32 – 20:59 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:59 – 22:26 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:26 – 23:53 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:53 – 01:20 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:20 – 02:47 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla02:47 – 04:13 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:13 – 05:40 (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 Time

Kali Year5129
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1873398.27
Julian Day2461863.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2477°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)83.21°
🪷 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 (24.2477°), declination 5.07°, EoT -4.03 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: 2028-04-02 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)