पञ्चाङ्ग — Bhavnagar, Gujarat · August 26, 1998 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: गणेश चतुर्थी — Gaṇeśa Caturthī
Gaṇeśa's birth day; 11-day festival in Maharashtra.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.30 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
गाण्डीवं स्रंसते हस्तात्त्वक्चैव परिदह्यते।

न च शक्नोम्यवस्थातुं भ्रमतीव च मे मनः।।1.30।।
"1.30 The bow Gandeeva slips from my hand, and my skin burns. I cannot keep quiet, for my mind is in tumult." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.30's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2055 Khara
Śaka Saṁvat: 1920 Bahudhānya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1405
Malayalam Era: 1174
Nanakshahi: 529
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Citrā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya128.79°SiṃhaMaghā P3
चन्द्र Candra173.07°KanyāHasta P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala99.57°KarkaPuṣya P2
बुध Budha112.46°KarkaAśleṣā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati331.88°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
शुक्र Śukra111.72°KarkaAśleṣā P2
शनि Śani9.65°MeṣaAśvinī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:22 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:04 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:43 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:48 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:32 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 41 Mins 24 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 18 Mins 36 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:41 – 05:31
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:19 – 06:22
Abhijit Muhūrta12:17 – 13:08
Vijaya Muhūrta14:50 – 15:40
Godhūli Muhūrta18:52 – 19:16
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:04 – 19:35
Amṛta Kāla18:49 – 20:34
Niśīta Muhūrta00:17 – 01:08

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:43 – 14:18
Yamaganda07:57 – 09:32
Gulika Kāla11:08 – 12:43
Varjyam06:54 – 07:14
Dur Muhūrta 09:20 – 09:45

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ 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):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:22 – 07:57 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:57 – 09:32 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:32 – 11:08 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:08 – 12:43 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:43 – 14:18 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg14:18 – 15:53 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:53 – 17:28 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:28 – 19:04 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg19:04 – 20:28 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:28 – 21:53 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:53 – 23:18 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta23:18 – 00:43 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:43 – 02:08 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:08 – 03:32 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:32 – 04:57 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:57 – 06:22 (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 Year5100 · Kali-5100
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1862586.27 · 5099.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2451051.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8341° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)47.69° · 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 (23.8341°) · declination 10.54° · EoT -1.42 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:1998-08-26 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)