पञ्चाङ्ग — Bhavnagar, Gujarat · March 4, 2017 CE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 12.17 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
यो न हृष्यति न द्वेष्टि न शोचति न काङ्क्षति।शुभाशुभपरित्यागी भक्ितमान्यः स मे प्रियः।।12.17।।
"12.17 He who is beyond joy and hate, who neither laments nor desires, to whom good and evil fortunes are the same, such a one is My beloved." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Kṛttikā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya319.56°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
चन्द्र Candra30.48°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala1.31°MeṣaAśvinī P1
बुध Budha316.64°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati177.55°KanyāCitrā P2
शुक्र Śukra348.91°MīnaRevatī P1
शनि Śani242.62°DhanuMūla P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:01 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:47 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:54 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:03 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:12 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 46 Mins 36 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 13 Mins 24 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:26 – 06:13
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:02 – 07:01
Abhijit Muhūrta12:30 – 13:17
Vijaya Muhūrta14:52 – 15:39
Godhūli Muhūrta18:35 – 18:59
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:47 – 19:17
Amṛta Kāla18:32 – 20:17
Niśīta Muhūrta00:30 – 01:17

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:57 – 11:26
Yamaganda14:22 – 15:50
Gulika Kāla07:01 – 08:29
Varjyam07:30 – 07:49
Dur Muhūrta 09:45 – 10:09

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla07:01 – 08:29 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:29 – 09:57 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:57 – 11:26 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg11:26 – 12:54 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:54 – 14:22 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha14:22 – 15:50 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:50 – 17:19 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:19 – 18:47 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:47 – 20:19 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:19 – 21:50 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:50 – 23:22 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha23:22 – 00:54 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:54 – 02:26 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg02:26 – 03:57 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:57 – 05:29 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:29 – 07:01 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī + Kṛttikā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Kṛttikā)
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Kṛttikā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869351.27
Julian Day2457816.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0929°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)69.72°
🪷 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 (24.0929°), declination -6.43°, EoT -12.45 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: 2017-03-04 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)