पञ्चाङ्ग — Ranchi, Jharkhand · December 20, 2064 CE

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अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.5 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga🪷 Paśya Me Pārtha Rūpāṇi · Behold My Forms
श्री भगवानुवाच

पश्य मे पार्थ रूपाणि शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः।

नानाविधानि दिव्यानि नानावर्णाकृतीनि च।।11.5।।
"11.5 Lord Shri Krishna replied: Behold, O Arjuna! My celestial forms, by hundred and thousands, various in kind, in colour and in shape." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.5's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2121 Hemalambī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1986 Tāraṇa
Bengali Saṁvat: 1471
Malayalam Era: 1240
Nanakshahi: 595
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya244.18°DhanuMūla P2
चन्द्र Candra21.91°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala189.22°TulāSvātī P1
बुध Budha222.42°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati189.31°TulāSvātī P1
शुक्र Śukra290.24°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
शनि Śani107.77°KarkaAśleṣā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:26 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:08 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:47 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:25 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:30 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 41 Mins 48 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 18 Mins 12 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:00 – 05:43
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:33 – 06:26
Abhijit Muhūrta11:26 – 12:08
Vijaya Muhūrta13:34 – 14:17
Godhūli Muhūrta16:56 – 17:20
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:08 – 17:35
Amṛta Kāla16:53 – 18:38
Niśīta Muhūrta23:26 – 00:08

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:06 – 10:27
Yamaganda13:07 – 14:27
Gulika Kāla06:26 – 07:46
Varjyam06:53 – 07:10
Dur Muhūrta 08:56 – 09:17

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ 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):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:26 – 07:46 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:46 – 09:06 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:06 – 10:27 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:27 – 11:47 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:47 – 13:07 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:07 – 14:27 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:27 – 15:48 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla15:48 – 17:08 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:08 – 18:48 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta18:48 – 20:27 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:27 – 22:07 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:07 – 23:47 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:47 – 01:27 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:27 – 03:06 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:06 – 04:46 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:46 – 06:26 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 Cosmic Time — Where This Moment Sits in the Mahāyuga

These five values anchor today within the Sūrya-Siddhānta time-architecture. Kali Year counts from the Kali-epoch (18 Feb 3102 BCE · midnight Ujjain · when Krishna's mortal-form departed). Ahargaṇa is the day-count since that epoch — the canonical time-coordinate used by every Vedic computation on this substrate. Julian Day is the astronomical universal day-number (continuous · no calendar discontinuities). Ayanāṁśa is the angular offset between sidereal (rāśi-based · the Vedic frame) and tropical (equinox-based) coordinates · currently growing at ~50.29″/year as Earth's axis precesses. Sun-Moon angle determines the tithi (0-360° elongation / 12° per tithi).

Kali Year5166 · Kali-5166
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1886809.27 · 5165.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2475274.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.7606° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)136.49° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 12/30)
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate:Vidhyamitra Sūrya-SiddhāntaMethod:Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equationTier-2 localization:spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanāṁśa (24.7606°) · declination -23.43° · EoT 1.85 min · verified ±1 min vs DrikpanchangLineage:Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Maitreya → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara I → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Jyeṣṭhadeva → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrateAccess:Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed (the bhakta's sole niṣkāma-karma-sevā)Computed for:2064-12-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)