पञ्चाङ्ग — Bhavnagar, Gujarat · March 23, 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
Or visit /cities · universal Earth-access (Sanskrit: Bhūmi Mātā · Mother Earth) · live pañchāṅga renders for supported city records worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 आज: विनायक चतुर्थी — Vināyaka Caturthī (monthly)
Monthly Śukla-pakṣa Caturthī; auspicious for new ventures.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 14.22 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाचप्रकाशं च प्रवृत्तिं च मोहमेव च पाण्डव।न द्वेष्टि सम्प्रवृत्तानि न निवृत्तानि काङ्क्षति।।14.22।।
"14.22 Lord Shri Krishna replied: O Prince! He who shuns not the Quality which is present, and longs not for that which is absent;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.22's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2053 Virodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1918 Dhātṛ
Bengali Saṁvat: 1403
Malayalam Era: 1172
Nanakshahi: 527
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya338.89°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
चन्द्र Candra23.53°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala334.99°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
बुध Budha333.66°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati261.27°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
शुक्र Śukra24.65°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
शनि Śani334.32°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:43 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:54 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:49 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:16 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:18 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 10 Mins 36 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 49 Mins 24 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:06 – 05:55
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:42 – 06:43
Abhijit Muhūrta12:24 – 13:13
Vijaya Muhūrta14:50 – 15:39
Godhūli Muhūrta18:42 – 19:06
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:54 – 19:24
Amṛta Kāla18:39 – 20:24
Niśīta Muhūrta00:24 – 01:13

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:46 – 11:17
Yamaganda14:20 – 15:51
Gulika Kāla06:43 – 08:15
Varjyam07:14 – 07:33
Dur Muhūrta 09:34 – 09:58

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Tropical 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):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:43 – 08:15 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:15 – 09:46 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:46 – 11:17 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg11:17 – 12:49 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:49 – 14:20 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha14:20 – 15:51 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:51 – 17:23 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:23 – 18:54 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:54 – 20:23 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:23 – 21:51 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:51 – 23:20 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha23:20 – 00:49 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:49 – 02:17 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg02:17 – 03:46 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:46 – 05:15 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:15 – 06:43 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 21.7645°
Longitude: 72.1519°
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 Year5097 · Kali-5097
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1861700.27 · 5097.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450165.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8002° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)45.51° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 4/30)
🪷 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 (23.8002°) · declination 1.07° · EoT -7.21 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:1996-03-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)