पञ्चाङ्ग — Bhavnagar, Gujarat · March 12, 2027 CE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.18 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
ज्ञानं ज्ञेयं परिज्ञाता त्रिविधा कर्मचोदना।करणं कर्म कर्तेति त्रिविधः कर्मसंग्रहः।।18.18।।
"18.18 Knowledge, the knower and the object of knowledge, these are the three incentives to action; and the act, the actor and the instrument are the threefold constituents." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2084 Raudra
Śaka Saṁvat: 1949 Plavaṅga
Bengali Saṁvat: 1434
Malayalam Era: 1203
Nanakshahi: 558
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Aśvinī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya327.00°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
चन्द्र Candra10.54°MeṣaAśvinī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala118.98°KarkaAśleṣā P4
बुध Budha299.70°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati114.12°KarkaAśleṣā P3
शुक्र Śukra288.22°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
शनि Śani350.19°MīnaRevatī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:54 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:50 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:52 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:22 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:10 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 56 Mins 04 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 03 Mins 56 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:18 – 06:06
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:54 – 06:54
Abhijit Muhūrta12:28 – 13:16
Vijaya Muhūrta14:51 – 15:39
Godhūli Muhūrta18:38 – 19:02
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:50 – 19:20
Amṛta Kāla18:35 – 20:20
Niśīta Muhūrta00:28 – 01:16

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:22 – 12:52
Yamaganda15:51 – 17:20
Gulika Kāla08:23 – 09:53
Varjyam07:24 – 07:43
Dur Muhūrta 09:41 – 10:05

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
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):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:54 – 08:23 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:23 – 09:53 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:53 – 11:22 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:22 – 12:52 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:52 – 14:21 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:21 – 15:51 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:51 – 17:20 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:20 – 18:50 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:50 – 20:20 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:20 – 21:51 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:51 – 23:21 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:21 – 00:52 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:52 – 02:22 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:22 – 03:53 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:53 – 05:23 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:23 – 06:54 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Caturthī + Aśvinī alignment also occurred on:
-3101-02-18Kali Yuga Epoch (same Aśvinī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5128
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1873011.27
Julian Day2461476.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2329°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)44.56°
🪷 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 (24.2329°), declination -3.48°, EoT -10.49 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: 2027-03-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)