पञ्चाङ्ग — Bhavnagar, Gujarat · March 21, 2018 CE

🪷 आज: मीन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mīna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Pisces; Mīna-māsa begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 4.5 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाच

बहूनि मे व्यतीतानि जन्मानि तव चार्जुन।

तान्यहं वेद सर्वाणि न त्वं वेत्थ परन्तप।।4.5।।
"4.5 Lord Shri Krishna replied: I have been born again and again, from time to time; thou too,O Arjuna! My births are known to Me, but thou knowest not thine." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.5's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya336.27°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
चन्द्र Candra19.42°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala247.53°DhanuMūla P3
बुध Budha352.42°MīnaRevatī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati208.70°TulāViśākhā P3
शुक्र Śukra353.12°MīnaRevatī P2
शनि Śani254.26°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:45 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:53 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:49 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:13 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:11 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 07 Mins 39 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 52 Mins 21 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:08 – 05:57
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:45 – 06:45
Abhijit Muhūrta12:25 – 13:13
Vijaya Muhūrta14:51 – 15:39
Godhūli Muhūrta18:41 – 19:05
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:53 – 19:23
Amṛta Kāla18:38 – 20:23
Niśīta Muhūrta00:25 – 01:13

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:49 – 14:20
Yamaganda08:16 – 09:47
Gulika Kāla11:18 – 12:49
Varjyam07:16 – 07:35
Dur Muhūrta 09:35 – 09:59

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:45 – 08:16 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:16 – 09:47 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:47 – 11:18 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:18 – 12:49 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:49 – 14:20 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg14:20 – 15:51 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:51 – 17:22 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:22 – 18:53 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:53 – 20:22 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:22 – 21:51 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:51 – 23:20 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta23:20 – 00:49 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:49 – 02:18 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:18 – 03:47 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:47 – 05:16 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:16 – 06:45 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869733.27
Julian Day2458198.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1075°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)43.19°
🪷 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 (24.1075°), declination 0.15°, EoT -7.84 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: 2018-03-21 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)