पञ्चाङ्ग — Bhavnagar, Gujarat · January 31, 2004 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: 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 17.17 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
श्रद्धया परया तप्तं तपस्तत्ित्रविधं नरैः।अफलाकाङ्क्षिभिर्युक्तैः सात्त्विकं परिचक्षते।।17.17।।
"17.17 These threefold austerities performed with faith, and without thought of reward, may truly be accounted Pure." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 17.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2061 Hemalambī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1926 Tāraṇa
Bengali Saṁvat: 1411
Malayalam Era: 1180
Nanakshahi: 535
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Kṛttikā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya286.58°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
चन्द्र Candra35.89°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala3.85°MeṣaAśvinī P2
बुध Budha265.67°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati143.90°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
शुक्र Śukra325.74°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
शनि Śani73.44°MithunaĀrdrā 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)13:36 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:48 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 09 Mins 21 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 50 Mins 39 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:51 – 06:36
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:24 – 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 Kāla10:08 – 11:31
Yamaganda14:19 – 15:42
Gulika Kāla07:20 – 08:44
Varjyam07:48 – 08:06
Dur Muhūrta 09:56 – 10:19

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (Auspicious)
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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla07:20 – 08:44 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:44 – 10:08 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga10:08 – 11:31 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg11:31 – 12:55 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:55 – 14:19 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha14:19 – 15:42 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:42 – 17:06 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:06 – 18:30 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:30 – 20:06 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:06 – 21:42 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:42 – 23:19 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha23:19 – 00:55 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:55 – 02:31 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg02:31 – 04:08 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala04:08 – 05:44 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:44 – 07:20 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Navamī + Kṛttikā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Kṛttikā)
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Kṛttikā)
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Śukla Navamī)

🌌 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 Year5105 · Kali-5105
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1864570.27 · 5105.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2453035.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9100° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)107.94° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 9/30)
🪷 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 (23.9100°) · declination -17.61° · 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:2004-01-31 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)