पञ्चाङ्ग — Bhavnagar, Gujarat · December 25, 2020 CE

🪷 आज: पौष पुत्रदा एकादशी — Pauṣa Putradā Ekādaśī
Ekādaśī granting putra-prāpti.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 12.7 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
तेषामहं समुद्धर्ता मृत्युसंसारसागरात्।भवामि नचिरात्पार्थ मय्यावेशितचेतसाम्।।12.7।।
"12.7 O Arjuna! I rescue them from the ocean of life and death, for their minds are fixed on Me." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.7's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2077 Pramādī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1942 Śārvarī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1427
Malayalam Era: 1196
Nanakshahi: 551
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ekādaśī (11/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Aśvinī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya249.56°DhanuMūla P3
चन्द्र Candra12.82°MeṣaAśvinī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala0.05°MeṣaAśvinī P1
बुध Budha252.09°DhanuMūla P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati277.07°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
शुक्र Śukra227.27°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
शनि Śani276.70°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:18 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:06 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:42 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:30 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:20 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 48 Mins 24 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 11 Mins 36 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:51 – 06:34
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:24 – 07:18
Abhijit Muhūrta12:20 – 13:03
Vijaya Muhūrta14:30 – 15:13
Godhūli Muhūrta17:54 – 18:18
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:06 – 18:33
Amṛta Kāla17:51 – 19:36
Niśīta Muhūrta00:20 – 01:03

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:21 – 12:42
Yamaganda15:24 – 16:45
Gulika Kāla08:39 – 10:00
Varjyam07:45 – 08:02
Dur Muhūrta 09:49 – 10:11

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

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):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala07:18 – 08:39 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:39 – 10:00 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta10:00 – 11:21 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:21 – 12:42 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:42 – 14:03 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:03 – 15:24 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:24 – 16:45 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:45 – 18:06 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:06 – 19:45 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:45 – 21:24 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:24 – 23:03 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:03 – 00:42 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:42 – 02:21 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:21 – 04:00 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha04:00 – 05:39 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:39 – 07:18 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Ekādaśī + Aśvinī alignment also occurred on:
-3101-02-18Kali Yuga Epoch (same Aśvinī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5122
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870743.27
Julian Day2459208.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1461°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)121.63°
🪷 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 (24.1461°), declination -23.38°, EoT -0.49 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: 2020-12-25 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)