पञ्चाङ्ग — Bhavnagar, Gujarat · January 10, 2012 CE

🪷 आज: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.8 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
भवान्भीष्मश्च कर्णश्च कृपश्च समितिञ्जयः।

अश्वत्थामा विकर्णश्च सौमदत्तिस्तथैव च।।1.8।।
"1.8 You come first; then Bheeshma, Karna, Kripa, great soldiers; Ashwaththama, Vikarna and the son of Somadhatta;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2069 Viśvāvasu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1934 Nandana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1419
Malayalam Era: 1188
Nanakshahi: 543
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Punarvasu Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya265.16°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra94.01°KarkaPuṣya P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala147.71°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
बुध Budha248.35°DhanuMūla P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati6.58°MeṣaAśvinī P2
शुक्र Śukra300.70°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
शनि Śani184.51°TulāCitrā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:22 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:16 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:49 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:47 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:01 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 53 Mins 20 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 06 Mins 40 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:55 – 06:39
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:28 – 07:22
Abhijit Muhūrta12:27 – 13:11
Vijaya Muhūrta14:38 – 15:21
Godhūli Muhūrta18:04 – 18:28
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:16 – 18:43
Amṛta Kāla18:01 – 19:46
Niśīta Muhūrta00:27 – 01:11

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:32 – 16:54
Yamaganda10:06 – 11:27
Gulika Kāla12:49 – 14:11
Varjyam07:49 – 08:07
Dur Muhūrta 09:55 – 10:16

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga07:22 – 08:44 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:44 – 10:06 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala10:06 – 11:27 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:27 – 12:49 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:49 – 14:11 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla14:11 – 15:32 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:32 – 16:54 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:54 – 18:16 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:16 – 19:54 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:54 – 21:32 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:32 – 23:11 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg23:11 – 00:49 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:49 – 02:27 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:27 – 04:06 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta04:06 – 05:44 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:44 – 07:22 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Pratipada + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5113
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867471.27
Julian Day2455936.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0210°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)188.24°
🪷 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 (24.0210°), declination -22.06°, EoT -7.50 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: 2012-01-10 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)