पञ्चाङ्ग — Jamnagar, Gujarat · August 16, 1971 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.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.50 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
सिद्धिं प्राप्तो यथा ब्रह्म तथाप्नोति निबोध मे।समासेनैव कौन्तेय निष्ठा ज्ञानस्य या परा।।18.50।।
"18.50 I will now state briefly how he, who has reached perfection, finds the Eternal Spirit, the state of Supreme Wisdom." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.50's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2028 Raktākṣī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1893 Virodhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1378
Malayalam Era: 1147
Nanakshahi: 502
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya119.08°KarkaAśleṣā P4
चन्द्र Candra61.68°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala292.38°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
बुध Budha137.15°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati214.63°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
शुक्र Śukra116.26°KarkaAśleṣā P3
शनि Śani42.42°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:26 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:21 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:54 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:20 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:48 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 54 Mins 50 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 05 Mins 10 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:43 – 05:35
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:22 – 06:26
Abhijit Muhūrta12:28 – 13:20
Vijaya Muhūrta15:03 – 15:55
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 Kāla08:03 – 09:40
Yamaganda11:17 – 12:54
Gulika Kāla14:31 – 16:07
Varjyam06:59 – 07:19
Dur Muhūrta 09:27 – 09:53

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Vajra (Inauspicious)
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):
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 Amṛta06:26 – 08:03 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:03 – 09:40 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:40 – 11:17 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga11:17 – 12:54 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:54 – 14:31 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala14:31 – 16:07 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha16:07 – 17:44 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta17:44 – 19:21 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala19:21 – 20:44 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha20:44 – 22:07 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta22:07 – 23:31 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla23:31 – 00:54 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:54 – 02:17 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga02:17 – 03:40 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:40 – 05:03 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:03 – 06:26 (neutral)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 22.4707°
Longitude: 70.0577°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 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 Year5073 · Kali-5073
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1852714.27 · 5072.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2441179.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.4566° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)301.11° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 26/30)
🪷 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 (23.4566°) · declination 14.00° · 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:1971-08-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)