पञ्चाङ्ग — Bhavnagar, Gujarat · October 3, 2012 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.42 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
अथवा योगिनामेव कुले भवति धीमताम्।

एतद्धि दुर्लभतरं लोके जन्म यदीदृशम्।।6.42।।
"6.42 Or, he may be born in the family of the wise sages, though a birth like this is, indeed, very difficult to obtain." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.42's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2069 Viśvāvasu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1934 Nandana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1419
Malayalam Era: 1188
Nanakshahi: 543
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Tṛtīyā (18/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya166.21°KanyāHasta P2
चन्द्र Candra18.75°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala212.94°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
बुध Budha182.09°TulāCitrā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati52.00°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
शुक्र Śukra125.52°SiṃhaMaghā P2
शनि Śani185.37°TulāCitrā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:32 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:27 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:30 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)20:11 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:08 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 54 Mins 14 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 05 Mins 46 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:57 – 05:45
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:33 – 06:32
Abhijit Muhūrta12:06 – 12:53
Vijaya Muhūrta14:29 – 15:16
Godhūli Muhūrta18:15 – 18:39
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:27 – 18:56
Amṛta Kāla18:12 – 19:57
Niśīta Muhūrta00:06 – 00:53

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:30 – 13:59
Yamaganda08:02 – 09:31
Gulika Kāla11:00 – 12:30
Varjyam07:02 – 07:21
Dur Muhūrta 09:19 – 09:43

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

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 Labha06:32 – 08:02 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:02 – 09:31 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:31 – 11:00 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:00 – 12:30 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:30 – 13:59 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:59 – 15:28 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:28 – 16:57 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:57 – 18:27 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:27 – 19:57 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:57 – 21:28 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:28 – 22:59 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:59 – 00:30 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:30 – 02:00 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:00 – 03:31 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:31 – 05:02 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:02 – 06:32 (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

Kali Year5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867738.27
Julian Day2456203.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0312°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)215.59°
🪷 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 (24.0312°), declination -4.05°, EoT 11.79 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: 2012-10-03 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)