पञ्चाङ्ग — Jamnagar, Gujarat · March 17, 1998 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: अङ्गारक चतुर्थी — Aṅgāraka Caturthī (Tuesday Caturthī)
Tuesday-Caturthī (rare); supremely auspicious for Maṅgala-doṣa-nivāraṇa.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 15.18 · Chapter 15 · पुरुषोत्तमयोग · Puruṣottama-Yoga
यस्मात्क्षरमतीतोऽहमक्षरादपि चोत्तमः।अतोऽस्मि लोके वेदे च प्रथितः पुरुषोत्तमः।।15.18।।
"15.18 Beyond comparison of the Eternal with the non-eternal am I, Who am called by scriptures and sages the Supreme Personality, the Highest God." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 15.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2055 Khara
Śaka Saṁvat: 1920 Bahudhānya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1405
Malayalam Era: 1174
Nanakshahi: 529
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya332.42°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
चन्द्र Candra194.09°TulāSvātī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala345.75°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
बुध Budha350.38°MīnaRevatī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati315.88°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
शुक्र Śukra286.38°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
शनि Śani356.09°MīnaRevatī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:58 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:00 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:59 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:07 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:24 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 02 Mins 16 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 57 Mins 44 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:21 – 06:10
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:58 – 06:58
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 Kāla15:59 – 17:30
Yamaganda09:58 – 11:29
Gulika Kāla12:59 – 14:29
Varjyam07:28 – 07:47
Dur Muhūrta 09:46 – 10:10

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (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 · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:58 – 08:28 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:28 – 09:58 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:58 – 11:29 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:29 – 12:59 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:59 – 14:29 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla14:29 – 15:59 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:59 – 17:30 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:30 – 19:00 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla19:00 – 20:30 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:30 – 21:59 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:59 – 23:29 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg23:29 – 00:59 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:59 – 02:29 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:29 – 03:58 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:58 – 05:28 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:28 – 06:58 (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 Year5099 · Kali-5099
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1862424.27 · 5099.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450889.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8279° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)225.36° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 19/30)
🪷 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 (23.8279°) · declination -1.49° · 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:1998-03-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)