पञ्चाङ्ग — Ranchi, Jharkhand · March 9, 2031 CE

🪷 आज: होली — Holi (Phālguna Pūrṇimā)
Festival of colors; Holikā-dahana eve.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.74 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
सञ्जय उवाचइत्यहं वासुदेवस्य पार्थस्य च महात्मनः।संवादमिममश्रौषमद्भुतं रोमहर्षणम्।।18.74।।
"18.74 Sanjaya told: "Thus have I heard this rare, wonderful and soul-stirring discourse of the Lord Shri Krishna and the great-souled Arjuna." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.74's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2088 Raktākṣī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1953 Virodhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1438
Malayalam Era: 1207
Nanakshahi: 562
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya323.97°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
चन्द्र Candra142.17°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala204.65°TulāViśākhā P2
बुध Budha337.76°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati242.63°DhanuMūla P1
शुक्र Śukra356.34°MīnaRevatī P3
शनि Śani38.69°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:04 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:56 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:00 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:41 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:05 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 51 Mins 13 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 08 Mins 47 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:30 – 05:17
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:05 – 06:04
Abhijit Muhūrta11:36 – 12:24
Vijaya Muhūrta13:59 – 14:46
Godhūli Muhūrta17:44 – 18:08
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:56 – 18:25
Amṛta Kāla17:41 – 19:26
Niśīta Muhūrta23:36 – 00:24

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:27 – 17:56
Yamaganda12:00 – 13:29
Gulika Kāla14:58 – 16:27
Varjyam06:34 – 06:53
Dur Muhūrta 08:50 – 09:14

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:04 – 07:33 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:33 – 09:02 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:02 – 10:31 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:31 – 12:00 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:00 – 13:29 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:29 – 14:58 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:58 – 16:27 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:27 – 17:56 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:56 – 19:27 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:27 – 20:58 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:58 – 22:29 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:29 – 00:00 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:00 – 01:31 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:31 – 03:02 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:02 – 04:33 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:33 – 06:04 (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 Śukla Pūrṇimā + Pūrva Phalgunī alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5132
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1874469.27
Julian Day2462934.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2886°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)177.40°
🪷 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 (24.2886°), declination -4.64°, EoT -11.28 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: 2031-03-09 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)