पञ्चाङ्ग — Bhavnagar, Gujarat · March 11, 2018 CE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.38 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
धूमेनाव्रियते वह्निर्यथाऽऽदर्शो मलेन च।

यथोल्बेनावृतो गर्भस्तथा तेनेदमावृतम्।।3.38।।
"3.38 As fire is shrouded in smoke, a mirror by dust and a child by the womb, so is the universe enveloped in desire." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.38's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Navamī (24/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mūla Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya326.31°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
चन्द्र Candra253.38°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala241.77°DhanuMūla P1
बुध Budha343.28°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati208.91°TulāViśākhā P3
शुक्र Śukra340.71°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
शनि Śani253.74°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:55 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:50 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:52 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:37 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:24 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 55 Mins 03 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 04 Mins 57 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:19 – 06:07
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:55 – 06:55
Abhijit Muhūrta12:28 – 13:16
Vijaya Muhūrta14:51 – 15:39
Godhūli Muhūrta18:38 – 19:02
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:50 – 19:19
Amṛta Kāla18:35 – 20:20
Niśīta Muhūrta00:28 – 01:16

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:20 – 18:50
Yamaganda12:52 – 14:22
Gulika Kāla15:51 – 17:20
Varjyam07:24 – 07:43
Dur Muhūrta 09:41 – 10:05

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (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):
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 · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:55 – 08:24 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:24 – 09:53 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:53 – 11:23 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:23 – 12:52 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:52 – 14:22 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:22 – 15:51 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:51 – 17:20 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:20 – 18:50 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:50 – 20:20 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:20 – 21:51 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:51 – 23:22 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:22 – 00:52 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:52 – 02:23 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:23 – 03:53 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:53 – 05:24 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:24 – 06:55 (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 Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869723.27
Julian Day2458188.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1071°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)285.70°
🪷 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 (24.1071°), declination -3.80°, EoT -10.76 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: 2018-03-11 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)