पञ्चाङ्ग — Bhavnagar, Gujarat · December 21, 3138 BCE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 12.8 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
मय्येव मन आधत्स्व मयि बुद्धिं निवेशय।निवसिष्यसि मय्येव अत ऊर्ध्वं न संशयः।।12.8।।
"12.8 Then let thy mind cling only to Me, let thy intellect abide in Me; and without doubt thou shalt live hereafter in Me alone." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: -3080
Śaka Saṁvat: -3215
Bengali Saṁvat: -3730
Malayalam Era: -3961
Nanakshahi: -4606
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya303.90°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
चन्द्र Candra344.87°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala103.83°KarkaPuṣya P4
बुध Budha313.75°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati5.42°MeṣaAśvinī P2
शुक्र Śukra303.72°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
शनि Śani285.11°MakaraŚravaṇa P2

Bhavnagar, Gujarat — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:15 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:05 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:40 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:56 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:52 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 50 Mins 58 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 09 Mins 02 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:48 – 06:31
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:20 – 07:15
Abhijit Muhūrta12:18 – 13:02
Vijaya Muhūrta14:29 – 15:12
Godhūli Muhūrta17:53 – 18:17
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:05 – 18:33
Amṛta Kāla17:50 – 19:35
Niśīta Muhūrta00:18 – 01:02

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:44 – 18:05
Yamaganda12:40 – 14:01
Gulika Kāla15:23 – 16:44
Varjyam07:42 – 07:59
Dur Muhūrta 09:46 – 10:08

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:15 – 08:36 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:36 – 09:57 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:57 – 11:19 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:19 – 12:40 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:40 – 14:01 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:01 – 15:23 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:23 – 16:44 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:44 – 18:05 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:05 – 19:44 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:44 – 21:23 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:23 – 23:01 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:01 – 00:40 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:40 – 02:19 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:19 – 03:57 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:57 – 05:36 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:36 – 07:15 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 21.7645°
Longitude: 72.1519°
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 Year-35
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)-12842.73
Julian Day575622.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)-47.8940°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)40.97°
🪷 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 (-47.8940°), declination -22.70°, EoT 1.38 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: -3137-12-21 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)