पञ्चाङ्ग — Bhavnagar, Gujarat · January 23, 2011 CE

🪷 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 9.19 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
तपाम्यहमहं वर्षं निगृह्णाम्युत्सृजामि च।

अमृतं चैव मृत्युश्च सदसच्चाहमर्जुन।।9.19।।
"9.19 I am the Heat of the Sun, I release and hold back the Rains. I am Death and Immortality; I am Being and Not-Being." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.19's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2068 Krodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1933 Khara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1418
Malayalam Era: 1187
Nanakshahi: 542
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya278.66°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra142.00°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala281.41°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
बुध Budha258.25°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati336.09°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
शुक्र Śukra232.17°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
शनि Śani172.96°KanyāHasta P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:22 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:24 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:53 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:35 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:58 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 02 Mins 26 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 57 Mins 34 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:54 – 06:38
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:27 – 07:22
Abhijit Muhūrta12:31 – 13:15
Vijaya Muhūrta14:44 – 15:28
Godhūli Muhūrta18:12 – 18:36
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:24 – 18:52
Amṛta Kāla18:09 – 19:54
Niśīta Muhūrta00:31 – 01:15

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:02 – 18:24
Yamaganda12:53 – 14:16
Gulika Kāla15:39 – 17:02
Varjyam07:50 – 08:07
Dur Muhūrta 09:57 – 10:19

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (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):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:22 – 08:45 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:45 – 10:08 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha10:08 – 11:30 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:30 – 12:53 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:53 – 14:16 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:16 – 15:39 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:39 – 17:02 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:02 – 18:24 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:24 – 20:02 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:02 – 21:39 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:39 – 23:16 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:16 – 00:53 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:53 – 02:30 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:30 – 04:08 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla04:08 – 05:45 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:45 – 07:22 (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 Year5112
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867119.27
Julian Day2455584.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0075°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)220.49°
🪷 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 (24.0075°), declination -19.56°, EoT -11.81 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: 2011-01-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)