पञ्चाङ्ग — Bhavnagar, Gujarat · September 28, 2016 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: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.19 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
भूतग्रामः स एवायं भूत्वा भूत्वा प्रलीयते।

रात्र्यागमेऽवशः पार्थ प्रभवत्यहरागमे।।8.19।।
"8.19 The same multitude of beings, which have lived on earth so often, all are dissolved as the night of the universe approaches, to issue forth anew when morning breaks. Thus is it ordained." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.19's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya161.27°KanyāHasta P1
चन्द्र Candra127.71°SiṃhaMaghā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala246.21°DhanuMūla P2
बुध Budha143.28°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati159.34°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
शुक्र Śukra191.08°TulāSvātī P2
शनि Śani227.13°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:31 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:31 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:31 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:57 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:37 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 00 Mins 23 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 59 Mins 37 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:55 – 05:43
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:31 – 06:31
Abhijit Muhūrta12:07 – 12:55
Vijaya Muhūrta14:31 – 15:19
Godhūli Muhūrta18:19 – 18:43
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:31 – 19:01
Amṛta Kāla18:16 – 20:01
Niśīta Muhūrta00:07 – 00:55

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:31 – 14:01
Yamaganda08:01 – 09:31
Gulika Kāla11:01 – 12:31
Varjyam07:01 – 07:20
Dur Muhūrta 09:19 – 09:43

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
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):
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 · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:31 – 08:01 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:01 – 09:31 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:31 – 11:01 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:01 – 12:31 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:31 – 14:01 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg14:01 – 15:31 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:31 – 17:01 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:01 – 18:31 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:31 – 20:01 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:01 – 21:31 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:31 – 23:01 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta23:01 – 00:31 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:31 – 02:01 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:01 – 03:31 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:31 – 05:01 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:01 – 06:31 (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 — 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 Year5118 · Kali-5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869194.27 · 5117.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457659.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0869° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)325.84° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 28/30)
🪷 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 (24.0869°) · declination -2.13° · EoT 10.18 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:2016-09-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)