पञ्चाङ्ग — Bhavnagar, Gujarat · October 10, 2014 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.1 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाच

किं तद्ब्रह्म किमध्यात्मं किं कर्म पुरुषोत्तम।

अधिभूतं च किं प्रोक्तमधिदैवं किमुच्यते।।8.1।।
"8.1 "Arjuna asked: O Lord of Lords! What is that which men call the Supreme Spirit, what is man's Spiritual Nature, and what is the Law? What is Matter and what is Divinity?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.1's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1421
Malayalam Era: 1190
Nanakshahi: 545
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā (17/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya172.60°KanyāHasta P4
चन्द्र Candra13.73°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala233.82°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
बुध Budha186.52°TulāCitrā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati112.63°KarkaAśleṣā P2
शुक्र Śukra168.45°KanyāHasta P3
शनि Śani207.12°TulāViśākhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:35 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:21 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:28 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:27 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:18 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 46 Mins 13 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 13 Mins 47 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:00 – 05:47
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:36 – 06:35
Abhijit Muhūrta12:04 – 12:51
Vijaya Muhūrta14:25 – 15:12
Godhūli Muhūrta18:09 – 18:33
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:21 – 18:50
Amṛta Kāla18:06 – 19:51
Niśīta Muhūrta00:04 – 00:51

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:59 – 12:28
Yamaganda15:24 – 16:52
Gulika Kāla08:03 – 09:31
Varjyam07:04 – 07:23
Dur Muhūrta 09:19 – 09:43

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mausala (Inauspicious)
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 Chala06:35 – 08:03 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:03 – 09:31 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:31 – 10:59 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:59 – 12:28 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:28 – 13:56 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:56 – 15:24 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:24 – 16:52 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:52 – 18:21 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:21 – 19:52 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:52 – 21:24 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:24 – 22:56 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:56 – 00:28 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:28 – 01:59 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:59 – 03:31 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:31 – 05:03 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:03 – 06:35 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868475.27
Julian Day2456940.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0594°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)201.98°
🪷 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 (24.0594°), declination -6.55°, EoT 13.74 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: 2014-10-10 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)