पञ्चाङ्ग — Bhavnagar, Gujarat · January 1, 2017 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 11.10 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
अनेकवक्त्रनयनमनेकाद्भुतदर्शनम्।

अनेकदिव्याभरणं दिव्यानेकोद्यतायुधम्।।11.10।।
"11.10 There were countless eyes and mouths, and mystic forms innumerable, with shining ornaments and flaming celestial weapons." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.10's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Tṛtīyā (3/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya256.72°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra288.30°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala315.21°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
बुध Budha248.83°DhanuMūla P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati176.55°KanyāCitrā P1
शुक्र Śukra303.20°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
शनि Śani237.09°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:20 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:10 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:45 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:17 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:26 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 49 Mins 51 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 10 Mins 09 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:54 – 06:37
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:26 – 07:20
Abhijit Muhūrta12:23 – 13:07
Vijaya Muhūrta14:33 – 15:17
Godhūli Muhūrta17:58 – 18:22
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:10 – 18:37
Amṛta Kāla17:55 – 19:40
Niśīta Muhūrta00:23 – 01:07

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:49 – 18:10
Yamaganda12:45 – 14:06
Gulika Kāla15:28 – 16:49
Varjyam07:47 – 08:05
Dur Muhūrta 09:52 – 10:13

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mausala (Inauspicious)
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):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:20 – 08:41 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:41 – 10:03 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha10:03 – 11:24 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:24 – 12:45 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:45 – 14:06 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:06 – 15:28 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:28 – 16:49 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:49 – 18:10 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:10 – 19:49 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:49 – 21:28 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:28 – 23:06 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:06 – 00:45 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:45 – 02:24 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:24 – 04:03 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla04:03 – 05:41 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:41 – 07:20 (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

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869289.27
Julian Day2457754.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0905°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)32.84°
🪷 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 (24.0905°), declination -23.00°, EoT -3.71 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: 2017-01-01 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)