पञ्चाङ्ग — Bhavnagar, Gujarat · May 9, 2023 CE

🪷 आज: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.17 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
यस्य नाहंकृतो भावो बुद्धिर्यस्य न लिप्यते।हत्वापि स इमाँल्लोकान्न हन्ति न निबध्यते।।18.17।।
"18.17 He who has no pride, and whose intellect is unalloyed by attachment, even though he kill these people, yet he does not kill them, and his act does not bind him." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2080 Nala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1945 Śobhana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1430
Malayalam Era: 1199
Nanakshahi: 554
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mūla Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya24.01°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
चन्द्र Candra246.61°DhanuMūla P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala88.95°MithunaPunarvasu P3
बुध Budha12.80°MeṣaAśvinī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati4.07°MeṣaAśvinī P2
शुक्र Śukra67.12°MithunaĀrdrā P1
शनि Śani311.85°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:05 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:10 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:38 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:05 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:51 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 04 Mins 32 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 55 Mins 28 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:21 – 05:13
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:00 – 06:05
Abhijit Muhūrta12:12 – 13:04
Vijaya Muhūrta14:49 – 15:41
Godhūli Muhūrta18:58 – 19:22
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:10 – 19:43
Amṛta Kāla18:55 – 20:40
Niśīta Muhūrta00:12 – 01:04

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:54 – 17:32
Yamaganda09:22 – 11:00
Gulika Kāla12:38 – 14:16
Varjyam06:38 – 06:59
Dur Muhūrta 09:09 – 09:35

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
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 Roga06:05 – 07:44 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:44 – 09:22 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:22 – 11:00 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:00 – 12:38 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:38 – 14:16 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla14:16 – 15:54 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:54 – 17:32 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:32 – 19:10 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla19:10 – 20:32 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:32 – 21:54 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:54 – 23:16 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg23:16 – 00:38 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:38 – 02:00 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:00 – 03:22 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:22 – 04:44 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:44 – 06:05 (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 Year5125
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871608.27
Julian Day2460073.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1792°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)221.69°
🪷 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 (24.1792°), declination 17.24°, EoT 3.63 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: 2023-05-09 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)