पञ्चाङ्ग — Jamnagar, Gujarat · August 27, 1996 CE

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अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: ओणम् (वामन-बलि स्मरण) — Onam (Vāmana / King Bali)
Kerala festival; King Bali's annual return to Kerala. Aligned with Thiru-Onam (Śravaṇa nakshatra in Bhādrapada).

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.2 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
सञ्जय उवाच

दृष्ट्वा तु पाण्डवानीकं व्यूढं दुर्योधनस्तदा।

आचार्यमुपसङ्गम्य राजा वचनमब्रवीत्।।1.2।।
"1.2 Sanjaya replied: "The Prince Duryodhana, when he saw the army of the Pandavas paraded, approached his preceptor Guru Drona and spoke as follows:" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.2's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2053 Virodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1918 Dhātṛ
Bengali Saṁvat: 1403
Malayalam Era: 1172
Nanakshahi: 527
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya130.25°SiṃhaMaghā P4
चन्द्र Candra286.03°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala87.50°MithunaPunarvasu P3
बुध Budha156.93°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati254.17°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra84.60°MithunaPunarvasu P2
शनि Śani342.32°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:30 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:11 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:51 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:42 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:46 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 40 Mins 53 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 19 Mins 07 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:49 – 05:40
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:27 – 06:30
Abhijit Muhūrta12:26 – 13:16
Vijaya Muhūrta14:58 – 15:48
Godhūli Muhūrta18:59 – 19:23
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:11 – 19:43
Amṛta Kāla18:56 – 20:41
Niśīta Muhūrta00:26 – 01:16

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:01 – 17:36
Yamaganda09:41 – 11:16
Gulika Kāla12:51 – 14:26
Varjyam07:02 – 07:22
Dur Muhūrta 09:28 – 09:53

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

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

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:30 – 08:06 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:06 – 09:41 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:41 – 11:16 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:16 – 12:51 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:51 – 14:26 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla14:26 – 16:01 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha16:01 – 17:36 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:36 – 19:11 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla19:11 – 20:36 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:36 – 22:01 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga22:01 – 23:26 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg23:26 – 00:51 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:51 – 02:16 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:16 – 03:41 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:41 – 05:06 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:06 – 06:30 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 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 Year5098 · Kali-5098
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1861857.27 · 5097.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450322.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8063° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)157.54° · 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 (23.8063°) · declination 10.02° · EoT -1.12 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:1996-08-27 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)