पञ्चाङ्ग — Bhavnagar, Gujarat · January 7, 2024 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 4.20 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
त्यक्त्वा कर्मफलासङ्गं नित्यतृप्तो निराश्रयः।

कर्मण्यभिप्रवृत्तोऽपि नैव किञ्चित्करोति सः।।4.20।।
"4.20 Having surrendered all claim to the results of his actions, always contented and independent, in reality he does nothing, even though he is apparently acting." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2081 Piṅgala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1946 Krodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1431
Malayalam Era: 1200
Nanakshahi: 555
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Viśākhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya262.02°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra204.84°TulāViśākhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala247.34°DhanuMūla P3
बुध Budha239.14°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati11.49°MeṣaAśvinī P4
शुक्र Śukra225.46°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
शनि Śani309.71°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:22 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:14 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:48 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:25 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:33 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 51 Mins 53 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 08 Mins 07 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:55 – 06:38
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:27 – 07:22
Abhijit Muhūrta12:26 – 13:09
Vijaya Muhūrta14:36 – 15:20
Godhūli Muhūrta18:02 – 18:26
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:14 – 18:41
Amṛta Kāla17:59 – 19:44
Niśīta Muhūrta00:26 – 01:09

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:52 – 18:14
Yamaganda12:48 – 14:09
Gulika Kāla15:31 – 16:52
Varjyam07:49 – 08:06
Dur Muhūrta 09:54 – 10:16

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (Inauspicious)
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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:22 – 08:43 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:43 – 10:05 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha10:05 – 11:26 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:26 – 12:48 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:48 – 14:09 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:09 – 15:31 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:31 – 16:52 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:52 – 18:14 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:14 – 19:52 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:52 – 21:31 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:31 – 23:09 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:09 – 00:48 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:48 – 02:26 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:26 – 04:05 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla04:05 – 05:43 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:43 – 07:22 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Viśākhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5125
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871851.27
Julian Day2460316.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1885°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)304.12°
🪷 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 (24.1885°), declination -22.45°, EoT -6.29 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: 2024-01-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)