पञ्चाङ्ग — Bhavnagar, Gujarat · December 23, 2022 CE

🪷 आज: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 13.14 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
सर्वतः पाणिपादं तत्सर्वतोऽक्षिशिरोमुखम्।सर्वतः श्रुतिमल्लोके सर्वमावृत्य तिष्ठति।।13.14।।
"13.14 Everywhere are Its hands and Its feet; everywhere It has eyes that see, heads that think and mouths that speak; everywhere It listens; It dwells in all the worlds; It envelops them all." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.14's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2079 Rākṣasa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1944 Śubhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1429
Malayalam Era: 1198
Nanakshahi: 553
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā (30/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mūla Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Gaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Catuṣpāda
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya247.00°DhanuMūla P3
चन्द्र Candra241.63°DhanuMūla P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala46.55°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
बुध Budha266.81°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati336.06°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
शुक्र Śukra261.68°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani297.47°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:17 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:05 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:41 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:56 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:43 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 48 Mins 13 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 11 Mins 47 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:50 – 06:34
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:23 – 07:17
Abhijit Muhūrta12:19 – 13:03
Vijaya Muhūrta14:29 – 15:12
Godhūli Muhūrta17:53 – 18:17
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:05 – 18:32
Amṛta Kāla17:50 – 19:35
Niśīta Muhūrta00:19 – 01:03

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:20 – 12:41
Yamaganda15:23 – 16:44
Gulika Kāla08:38 – 09:59
Varjyam07:44 – 08:01
Dur Muhūrta 09:48 – 10:10

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (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):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala07:17 – 08:38 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:38 – 09:59 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:59 – 11:20 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:20 – 12:41 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:41 – 14:02 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:02 – 15:23 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:23 – 16:44 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:44 – 18:05 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:05 – 19:44 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:44 – 21:23 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:23 – 23:02 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:02 – 00:41 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:41 – 02:20 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:20 – 03:59 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:59 – 05:38 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:38 – 07:17 (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 Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā + Mūla alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5124
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871471.27
Julian Day2459936.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1740°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)353.85°
🪷 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 (24.1740°), declination -23.43°, EoT 0.44 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: 2022-12-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)