पञ्चाङ्ग — Bhavnagar, Gujarat · March 13, 2018 CE

🪷 आज: विजया एकादशी — Vijayā Ekādaśī
Rāma observed this before crossing the ocean to Laṅkā.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.40 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
इन्द्रियाणि मनो बुद्धिरस्याधिष्ठानमुच्यते।

एतैर्विमोहयत्येष ज्ञानमावृत्य देहिनम्।।3.40।।
"3.40 It works through the senses, the mind and the reason; and with their help destroys wisdom and confounds the soul." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.40'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 Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya328.30°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
चन्द्र Candra277.00°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala242.93°DhanuMūla P1
बुध Budha346.02°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati208.90°TulāViśākhā P3
शुक्र Śukra343.20°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
शनि Śani253.85°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:53 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:50 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:52 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:57 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:56 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 57 Mins 34 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 02 Mins 26 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:17 – 06:05
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:53 – 06:53
Abhijit Muhūrta12:28 – 13:16
Vijaya Muhūrta14:51 – 15:39
Godhūli Muhūrta18:38 – 19:02
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:50 – 19:20
Amṛta Kāla18:35 – 20:20
Niśīta Muhūrta00:28 – 01:16

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:51 – 17:21
Yamaganda09:52 – 11:22
Gulika Kāla12:52 – 14:21
Varjyam07:23 – 07:42
Dur Muhūrta 09:40 – 10:04

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (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):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:53 – 08:23 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:23 – 09:52 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:52 – 11:22 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:22 – 12:52 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:52 – 14:21 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla14:21 – 15:51 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:51 – 17:21 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:21 – 18:50 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:50 – 20:21 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:21 – 21:51 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:51 – 23:21 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg23:21 – 00:52 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:52 – 02:22 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:22 – 03:52 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:52 – 05:23 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:23 – 06:53 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869725.27
Julian Day2458190.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1072°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)307.36°
🪷 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 (24.1072°), declination -3.01°, EoT -10.22 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: 2018-03-13 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)