पञ्चाङ्ग — Jamnagar, Gujarat · March 17, 1980 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: 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 7.24 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
अव्यक्तं व्यक्ितमापन्नं मन्यन्ते मामबुद्धयः।

परं भावमजानन्तो ममाव्ययमनुत्तमम्।।7.24।।
"7.24 The ignorant think of Me, who am the Unmanifested Spirit, as if I were really in human form. They do not understand that My Superior Nature is changeless and most excellent." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.24's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2037 Śrīmukha
Śaka Saṁvat: 1902 Raudra
Bengali Saṁvat: 1387
Malayalam Era: 1156
Nanakshahi: 511
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Kiṃstughna
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya333.03°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
चन्द्र Candra336.69°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala125.21°SiṃhaMaghā P2
बुध Budha314.51°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati128.87°SiṃhaMaghā P3
शुक्र Śukra18.14°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
शनि Śani149.67°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:57 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:00 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:59 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:11 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:16 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 02 Mins 45 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 57 Mins 15 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:21 – 06:09
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:57 – 06:57
Abhijit Muhūrta12:35 – 13:23
Vijaya Muhūrta14:59 – 15:47
Godhūli Muhūrta18:48 – 19:12
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:00 – 19:30
Amṛta Kāla18:45 – 20:30
Niśīta Muhūrta00:35 – 01:23

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:28 – 09:58
Yamaganda11:28 – 12:59
Gulika Kāla14:29 – 16:00
Varjyam07:28 – 07:47
Dur Muhūrta 09:46 – 10:10

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (Inauspicious)
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 · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:57 – 08:28 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:28 – 09:58 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:58 – 11:28 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga11:28 – 12:59 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:59 – 14:29 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala14:29 – 16:00 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha16:00 – 17:30 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta17:30 – 19:00 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala19:00 – 20:30 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha20:30 – 22:00 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta22:00 – 23:29 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla23:29 – 00:59 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:59 – 02:28 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga02:28 – 03:58 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:58 – 05:28 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:28 – 06:57 (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 Year5081 · Kali-5081
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1855850.27 · 5081.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2444315.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.5765° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)3.10° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 1/30)
🪷 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 (23.5765°) · declination -1.35° · EoT -9.06 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:1980-03-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)