पञ्चाङ्ग — Bhavnagar, Gujarat · April 20, 2014 CE

🕉️ Sapta-Mokṣa-Puri · Localize for your Pīṭha
अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.19 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
तस्मादसक्तः सततं कार्यं कर्म समाचर।

असक्तो ह्याचरन्कर्म परमाप्नोति पूरुषः।।3.19।।
"3.19 Therefore do thy duty perfectly, without care for the results, for he who does his duty disinterestedly attains the Supreme." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.19's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1421
Malayalam Era: 1190
Nanakshahi: 545
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pañcamī (20/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mūla Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya5.84°MeṣaAśvinī P2
चन्द्र Candra245.62°DhanuMūla P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala170.42°KanyāHasta P4
बुध Budha358.73°MīnaRevatī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati78.72°MithunaĀrdrā P4
शुक्र Śukra321.17°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
शनि Śani207.23°TulāViśākhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:18 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:03 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:40 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:17 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:02 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 44 Mins 24 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 15 Mins 36 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:36 – 05:27
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:15 – 06:18
Abhijit Muhūrta12:15 – 13:06
Vijaya Muhūrta14:48 – 15:39
Godhūli Muhūrta18:51 – 19:15
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:03 – 19:34
Amṛta Kāla18:48 – 20:33
Niśīta Muhūrta00:15 – 01:06

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:27 – 19:03
Yamaganda12:40 – 14:16
Gulika Kāla15:52 – 17:27
Varjyam06:50 – 07:10
Dur Muhūrta 09:17 – 09:42

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:18 – 07:54 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:54 – 09:29 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:29 – 11:05 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:05 – 12:40 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:40 – 14:16 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:16 – 15:52 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:52 – 17:27 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:27 – 19:03 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha19:03 – 20:27 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:27 – 21:52 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:52 – 23:16 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:16 – 00:40 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:40 – 02:05 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:05 – 03:29 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:29 – 04:54 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:54 – 06:18 (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 — 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 Year5116 · Kali-5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868302.27 · 5115.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2456767.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0528° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)239.64° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 20/30)
🪷 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 (24.0528°) · declination 11.43° · EoT 0.97 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:2014-04-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)