पञ्चाङ्ग — Bhavnagar, Gujarat · January 31, 1996 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: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 13.5 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
ऋषिभिर्बहुधा गीतं छन्दोभिर्विविधैः पृथक्।ब्रह्मसूत्रपदैश्चैव हेतुमद्भिर्विनिश्िचतैः।।13.5।।
"13.5 Seers have sung of It in various ways, in many hymns and sacred Vedic songs, weighty in thought and convincing in argument." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.5's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2053 Virodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1918 Dhātṛ
Bengali Saṁvat: 1403
Malayalam Era: 1172
Nanakshahi: 527
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ekādaśī (11/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya286.63°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
चन्द्र Candra56.18°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala294.01°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
बुध Budha265.29°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati252.41°DhanuMūla P4
शुक्र Śukra325.44°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
शनि Śani328.20°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:20 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:30 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:55 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:51 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:15 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 09 Mins 18 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 50 Mins 42 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:51 – 06:36
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:25 – 07:20
Abhijit Muhūrta12:33 – 13:17
Vijaya Muhūrta14:46 – 15:31
Godhūli Muhūrta18:18 – 18:42
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:30 – 18:57
Amṛta Kāla18:15 – 20:00
Niśīta Muhūrta00:33 – 01:17

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:55 – 14:19
Yamaganda08:44 – 10:08
Gulika Kāla11:31 – 12:55
Varjyam07:48 – 08:06
Dur Muhūrta 09:56 – 10:19

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha07:20 – 08:44 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:44 – 10:08 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla10:08 – 11:31 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:31 – 12:55 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:55 – 14:19 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg14:19 – 15:42 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:42 – 17:06 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:06 – 18:30 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:30 – 20:06 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:06 – 21:42 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:42 – 23:19 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta23:19 – 00:55 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:55 – 02:31 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:31 – 04:08 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga04:08 – 05:44 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:44 – 07:20 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 21.7645°
Longitude: 72.1519°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 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 Year5097 · Kali-5097
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1861648.27 · 5097.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450113.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.7983° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)127.40° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 11/30)
🪷 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 (23.7983°) · declination -17.62° · EoT -13.53 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:1996-01-31 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)