पञ्चाङ्ग — Bhavnagar, Gujarat · March 9, 2017 CE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 13.2 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाचइदं शरीरं कौन्तेय क्षेत्रमित्यभिधीयते।एतद्यो वेत्ति तं प्राहुः क्षेत्रज्ञ इति तद्विदः।।13.2।।
"13.2 Lord Shri Krishna replied: O Arjuna! The body of man is the playground of the Self; and That which knows the activities of Matter, sages call the Self." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.2'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 Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya324.57°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
चन्द्र Candra100.65°KarkaPuṣya P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala4.94°MeṣaAśvinī P2
बुध Budha326.11°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati177.13°KanyāCitrā P2
शुक्र Śukra348.46°MīnaRevatī P1
शनि Śani242.87°DhanuMūla P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:56 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:49 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:53 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:23 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:31 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 52 Mins 50 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 07 Mins 10 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:21 – 06:09
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:57 – 06:56
Abhijit Muhūrta12:29 – 13:16
Vijaya Muhūrta14:51 – 15:39
Godhūli Muhūrta18:37 – 19:01
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:49 – 19:19
Amṛta Kāla18:34 – 20:19
Niśīta Muhūrta00:29 – 01:16

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:22 – 15:51
Yamaganda06:56 – 08:25
Gulika Kāla09:54 – 11:24
Varjyam07:26 – 07:45
Dur Muhūrta 09:43 – 10:06

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mātaṇga (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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:56 – 08:25 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:25 – 09:54 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:54 – 11:24 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:24 – 12:53 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:53 – 14:22 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta14:22 – 15:51 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:51 – 17:20 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:20 – 18:49 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:49 – 20:20 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:20 – 21:51 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:51 – 23:22 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga23:22 – 00:53 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:53 – 02:24 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:24 – 03:54 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:54 – 05:25 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:25 – 06:56 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869356.27
Julian Day2457821.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0931°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)136.45°
🪷 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 (24.0931°), declination -4.49°, EoT -11.28 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: 2017-03-09 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)