पञ्चाङ्ग — Ranchi, Jharkhand · August 28, 2151 CE

🕉️ Sapta-Mokṣa-Puri · Localize for your Pīṭha
अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: पितृ पक्ष आरम्भ — Pitṛ-Pakṣa Start
Begin 16-day śrāddha period for ancestors. Bhādrapada Pūrṇimā next-day.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 14.11 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
सर्वद्वारेषु देहेऽस्मिन्प्रकाश उपजायते।ज्ञानं यदा तदा विद्याद्विवृद्धं सत्त्वमित्युत।।14.11।।
"14.11 When the light of knowledge gleams forth from all the gates of the body, then be sure that Purity prevails." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.11's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2208 Raktākṣī
Śaka Saṁvat: 2073 Virodhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1558
Malayalam Era: 1327
Nanakshahi: 682
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya128.59°SiṃhaMaghā P3
चन्द्र Candra317.34°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala163.98°KanyāHasta P2
बुध Budha126.00°SiṃhaMaghā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati281.22°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
शुक्र Śukra82.25°MithunaPunarvasu P1
शनि Śani84.53°MithunaPunarvasu P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:29 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:10 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:50 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:33 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:16 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 41 Mins 43 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 18 Mins 17 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:47 – 04:38
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:25 – 05:29
Abhijit Muhūrta11:24 – 12:15
Vijaya Muhūrta13:57 – 14:47
Godhūli Muhūrta17:58 – 18:22
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:10 – 18:42
Amṛta Kāla17:55 – 19:40
Niśīta Muhūrta23:24 – 00:15

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:39 – 10:14
Yamaganda13:25 – 15:00
Gulika Kāla05:29 – 07:04
Varjyam06:00 – 06:21
Dur Muhūrta 08:26 – 08:52

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Tropical 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 · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:29 – 07:04 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:04 – 08:39 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga08:39 – 10:14 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:14 – 11:50 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala11:50 – 13:25 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:25 – 15:00 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:00 – 16:35 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:35 – 18:10 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:10 – 19:35 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:35 – 21:00 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:00 – 22:25 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:25 – 23:50 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga23:50 – 01:14 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:14 – 02:39 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala02:39 – 04:04 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:04 – 05:29 (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 Year5253 · Kali-5253
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1918470.27 · 5252.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2506935.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)25.9715° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)190.25° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 16/30)
🪷 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 (25.9715°) · declination 9.84° · EoT -0.81 min · city civil-time localizationLineage: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:2151-08-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)