पञ्चाङ्ग — Bhavnagar, Gujarat · March 20, 2026 CE

🪷 आज: चैत्र नवरात्रि आरम्भ — Caitra Navrātri Start (Gudhi Padwā)
Spring Navrātri begins; Vasanta-pakṣa Devī worship. Maharashtra: Gudhi Padwā. South: Ugadi. Sindhi: Cheti Chand.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 7.4 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
भूमिरापोऽनलो वायुः खं मनो बुद्धिरेव च।

अहङ्कार इतीयं मे भिन्ना प्रकृतिरष्टधा।।7.4।।
"7.4 Earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intellect and personality; this is the eightfold division of My Manifested Nature." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.4's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2083 Siddhārthī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1948 Parābhava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1433
Malayalam Era: 1202
Nanakshahi: 557
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya335.22°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
चन्द्र Candra348.09°MīnaRevatī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala319.11°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
बुध Budha314.01°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati80.83°MithunaPunarvasu P1
शुक्र Śukra352.31°MīnaRevatī P2
शनि Śani339.92°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:46 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:53 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:50 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:31 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:51 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 06 Mins 28 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 53 Mins 32 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:09 – 05:58
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:46 – 06:46
Abhijit Muhūrta12:25 – 13:14
Vijaya Muhūrta14:51 – 15:39
Godhūli Muhūrta18:41 – 19:05
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:53 – 19:23
Amṛta Kāla18:38 – 20:23
Niśīta Muhūrta00:25 – 01:14

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:19 – 12:50
Yamaganda15:51 – 17:22
Gulika Kāla08:17 – 09:48
Varjyam07:17 – 07:36
Dur Muhūrta 09:36 – 10:00

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (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 · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:46 – 08:17 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:17 – 09:48 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:48 – 11:19 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:19 – 12:50 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:50 – 14:20 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:20 – 15:51 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:51 – 17:22 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:22 – 18:53 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:53 – 20:22 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:22 – 21:51 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:51 – 23:20 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:20 – 00:50 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:50 – 02:19 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:19 – 03:48 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:48 – 05:17 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:17 – 06:46 (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 Time

Kali Year5127
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872654.27
Julian Day2461119.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2192°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)11.37°
🪷 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 (24.2192°), declination -0.22°, EoT -8.15 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: 2026-03-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)