पञ्चाङ्ग — Bhavnagar, Gujarat · March 17, 2024 CE

🪷 आज: मीन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mīna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Pisces; Mīna-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.19 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
यथा दीपो निवातस्थो नेङ्गते सोपमा स्मृता।

योगिनो यतचित्तस्य युञ्जतो योगमात्मनः।।6.19।।
"6.19 The wise man who has conquered his mind and is absorbed in the Self is as a lamp which does not flicker, since it stands sheltered from every wind." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.19's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2081 Piṅgala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1946 Krodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1431
Malayalam Era: 1200
Nanakshahi: 555
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya332.75°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
चन्द्र Candra61.15°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala300.86°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
बुध Budha348.03°MīnaRevatī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati20.11°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
शुक्र Śukra311.85°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
शनि Śani317.76°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:49 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:52 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:50 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:02 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:27 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 03 Mins 18 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 56 Mins 42 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:12 – 06:01
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:49 – 06:49
Abhijit Muhūrta12:26 – 13:15
Vijaya Muhūrta14:51 – 15:39
Godhūli Muhūrta18:40 – 19:04
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:52 – 19:22
Amṛta Kāla18:37 – 20:22
Niśīta Muhūrta00:26 – 01:15

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:22 – 18:52
Yamaganda12:50 – 14:21
Gulika Kāla15:51 – 17:22
Varjyam07:19 – 07:38
Dur Muhūrta 09:38 – 10:02

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Saumya (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):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:49 – 08:19 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:19 – 09:50 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:50 – 11:20 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:20 – 12:50 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:50 – 14:21 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:21 – 15:51 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:51 – 17:22 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:22 – 18:52 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:52 – 20:22 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:22 – 21:51 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:51 – 23:21 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:21 – 00:50 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:50 – 02:20 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:20 – 03:50 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:50 – 05:19 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:19 – 06:49 (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 Aṣṭamī + Mṛgaśīrṣā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5125
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871921.27
Julian Day2460386.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1912°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)85.30°
🪷 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 (24.1912°), declination -1.22°, EoT -9.06 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: 2024-03-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)