पञ्चाङ्ग — Bhavnagar, Gujarat · January 9, 2031 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 18.15 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
शरीरवाङ्मनोभिर्यत्कर्म प्रारभते नरः।न्याय्यं वा विपरीतं वा पञ्चैते तस्य हेतवः।।18.15।।
"18.15 Whatever action a man performs, whether by muscular effort or by speech or by thought, and whether it be right or wrong, these five are the essential causes." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.15's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2088 Raktākṣī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1953 Virodhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1438
Malayalam Era: 1207
Nanakshahi: 562
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Punarvasu Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya264.27°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra87.24°MithunaPunarvasu P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala181.85°TulāCitrā P3
बुध Budha241.29°DhanuMūla P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati232.85°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
शुक्र Śukra283.40°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
शनि Śani38.10°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:22 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:15 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:48 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:21 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)07:40 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 53 Mins 00 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 07 Mins 00 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:55 – 06:38
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:28 – 07:22
Abhijit Muhūrta12:27 – 13:10
Vijaya Muhūrta14:37 – 15:21
Godhūli Muhūrta18:03 – 18:27
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:15 – 18:42
Amṛta Kāla18:00 – 19:45
Niśīta Muhūrta00:27 – 01:10

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:10 – 15:32
Yamaganda07:22 – 08:44
Gulika Kāla10:05 – 11:27
Varjyam07:49 – 08:07
Dur Muhūrta 09:54 – 10:16

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (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 · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha07:22 – 08:44 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:44 – 10:05 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg10:05 – 11:27 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:27 – 12:48 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:48 – 14:10 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta14:10 – 15:32 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:32 – 16:53 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:53 – 18:15 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:15 – 19:53 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:53 – 21:32 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:32 – 23:10 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga23:10 – 00:48 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:48 – 02:27 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:27 – 04:05 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha04:05 – 05:44 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:44 – 07:22 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Pratipada + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5132
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1874410.27
Julian Day2462875.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2864°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)183.84°
🪷 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 (24.2864°), declination -22.15°, EoT -7.10 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: 2031-01-09 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)