पञ्चाङ्ग — Ranchi, Jharkhand · August 25, 2028 CE

🪷 आज: सुब्रह्मण्य षष्ठी — Subrahmaṇya Ṣaṣṭhī
Worship of Kārttikeya as Subrahmaṇya.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 12.3 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
ये त्वक्षरमनिर्देश्यमव्यक्तं पर्युपासते।सर्वत्रगमचिन्त्यं च कूटस्थमचलं ध्रुवम्।।12.3।।
"12.3 Those who worship Me as the Indestructible, the Undefinable, the Omnipresent, the Unthinkable, the Primeval, the Immutable and the Eternal;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.3's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2085 Durmati
Śaka Saṁvat: 1950 Kīlaka
Bengali Saṁvat: 1435
Malayalam Era: 1204
Nanakshahi: 559
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya128.12°SiṃhaMaghā P3
चन्द्र Candra192.22°TulāSvātī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala88.57°MithunaPunarvasu P3
बुध Budha151.97°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati155.82°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
शुक्र Śukra82.55°MithunaPunarvasu P1
शनि Śani17.03°MeṣaBharaṇī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:28 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:13 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:50 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:28 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:45 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 44 Mins 34 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 15 Mins 26 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:46 – 04:37
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:24 – 05:28
Abhijit Muhūrta11:25 – 12:16
Vijaya Muhūrta13:58 – 14:49
Godhūli Muhūrta18:01 – 18:25
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:13 – 18:45
Amṛta Kāla17:58 – 19:43
Niśīta Muhūrta23:25 – 00:16

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:15 – 11:50
Yamaganda15:02 – 16:37
Gulika Kāla07:04 – 08:39
Varjyam06:00 – 06:20
Dur Muhūrta 08:27 – 08:52

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

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 · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:28 – 07:04 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:04 – 08:39 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:39 – 10:15 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:15 – 11:50 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha11:50 – 13:26 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:26 – 15:02 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:02 – 16:37 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:37 – 18:13 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:13 – 19:37 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:37 – 21:02 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:02 – 22:26 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:26 – 23:50 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta23:50 – 01:15 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:15 – 02:39 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:39 – 04:04 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:04 – 05:28 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5130
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1873543.27
Julian Day2462008.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2532°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)60.98°
🪷 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 (24.2532°), declination 10.63°, EoT -1.71 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: 2028-08-25 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)