पञ्चाङ्ग — Jamnagar, Gujarat · August 16, 1940 CE

🕉️ Sapta-Mokṣa-Puri · Localize for your Pīṭha
अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 15.16 · Chapter 15 · पुरुषोत्तमयोग · Puruṣottama-Yoga
द्वाविमौ पुरुषौ लोके क्षरश्चाक्षर एव च।क्षरः सर्वाणि भूतानि कूटस्थोऽक्षर उच्यते।।15.16।।
"15.16 There are two aspects in Nature: the perishable and the imperishable. All life in this world belongs to the former, the unchanging element belongs to the latter." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 15.16's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1997 Vijaya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1862 Vikrama
Bengali Saṁvat: 1347
Malayalam Era: 1116
Nanakshahi: 471
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya119.99°KarkaAśleṣā P4
चन्द्र Candra278.01°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala125.53°SiṃhaMaghā P2
बुध Budha103.36°KarkaPuṣya P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati22.69°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
शुक्र Śukra76.80°MithunaĀrdrā P4
शनि Śani22.06°MeṣaBharaṇī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:27 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:21 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:54 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:58 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:54 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 54 Mins 17 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 05 Mins 43 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:43 – 05:35
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:22 – 06:27
Abhijit Muhūrta12:28 – 13:20
Vijaya Muhūrta15:03 – 15:54
Godhūli Muhūrta19:09 – 19:33
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:21 – 19:53
Amṛta Kāla19:06 – 20:51
Niśīta Muhūrta00:28 – 01:20

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:17 – 12:54
Yamaganda16:07 – 17:44
Gulika Kāla08:03 – 09:40
Varjyam06:59 – 07:20
Dur Muhūrta 09:27 – 09:53

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:27 – 08:03 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:03 – 09:40 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:40 – 11:17 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:17 – 12:54 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:54 – 14:31 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:31 – 16:07 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg16:07 – 17:44 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:44 – 19:21 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga19:21 – 20:44 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:44 – 22:07 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala22:07 – 23:31 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:31 – 00:54 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:54 – 02:17 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:17 – 03:40 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:40 – 05:03 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:03 – 06:27 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 22.4707°
Longitude: 70.0577°
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 — Where This Moment Sits in the Mahāyuga

These five values anchor today within the Sūrya-Siddhānta time-architecture. Kali Year counts from the Kali-epoch (18 Feb 3102 BCE · midnight Ujjain · when Krishna's mortal-form departed). Ahargaṇa is the day-count since that epoch — the canonical time-coordinate used by every Vedic computation on this substrate. Julian Day is the astronomical universal day-number (continuous · no calendar discontinuities). Ayanāṁśa is the angular offset between sidereal (rāśi-based · the Vedic frame) and tropical (equinox-based) coordinates · currently growing at ~50.29″/year as Earth's axis precesses. Sun-Moon angle determines the tithi (0-360° elongation / 12° per tithi).

Kali Year5042 · Kali-5042
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1841392.27 · 5041.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2429857.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.0235° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)158.24° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 14/30)
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate:Vidhyamitra Sūrya-SiddhāntaMethod:Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equationTier-2 localization:spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanāṁśa (23.0235°) · declination 13.85° · EoT -3.97 min · verified ±1 min vs DrikpanchangLineage:Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Maitreya → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara I → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Jyeṣṭhadeva → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrateAccess:Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed (the bhakta's sole niṣkāma-karma-sevā)Computed for:1940-08-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)