पञ्चाङ्ग — Bhavnagar, Gujarat · February 18, 2024 CE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 5.20 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
न प्रहृष्येत्प्रियं प्राप्य नोद्विजेत्प्राप्य चाप्रियम्।

स्थिरबुद्धिरसम्मूढो ब्रह्मविद्ब्रह्मणि स्थितः।।5.20।।
"5.20 He who knows and lives in the Absolute remains unmoved and unperturbed; he is not elated by pleasure or depressed by pain." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2081 Piṅgala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1946 Krodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1431
Malayalam Era: 1200
Nanakshahi: 555
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Rohiṇī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya304.68°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
चन्द्र Candra51.67°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala279.19°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
बुध Budha296.30°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati15.25°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
शुक्र Śukra277.19°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
शनि Śani314.36°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:11 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:40 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:56 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:23 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:45 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 28 Mins 51 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 31 Mins 09 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:40 – 06:25
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:14 – 07:11
Abhijit Muhūrta12:33 – 13:19
Vijaya Muhūrta14:51 – 15:37
Godhūli Muhūrta18:28 – 18:52
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:40 – 19:09
Amṛta Kāla18:25 – 20:10
Niśīta Muhūrta00:33 – 01:19

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:14 – 18:40
Yamaganda12:56 – 14:22
Gulika Kāla15:48 – 17:14
Varjyam07:40 – 07:58
Dur Muhūrta 09:52 – 10:15

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:11 – 08:38 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:38 – 10:04 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha10:04 – 11:30 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:30 – 12:56 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:56 – 14:22 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:22 – 15:48 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:48 – 17:14 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:14 – 18:40 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:40 – 20:14 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:14 – 21:48 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:48 – 23:22 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:22 – 00:56 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:56 – 02:30 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:30 – 04:04 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla04:04 – 05:38 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:38 – 07:11 (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 Śukla Navamī + Rohiṇī alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Rohiṇī)
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Śukla Navamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5125
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871893.27
Julian Day2460358.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1901°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)104.23°
🪷 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 (24.1901°), declination -11.87°, EoT -14.43 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: 2024-02-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)