पञ्चाङ्ग — Jamnagar, Gujarat · July 31, 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: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.4 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
अत्र शूरा महेष्वासा भीमार्जुनसमा युधि।

युयुधानो विराटश्च द्रुपदश्च महारथः।।1.4।।
"1.4 In it are heroes and great bowmen; the equals in battle of Arjuna and Bheema, Yuyudhana, Virata and Drupada, great soldiers all;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.4's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2055 Khara
Śaka Saṁvat: 1920 Bahudhānya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1405
Malayalam Era: 1174
Nanakshahi: 529
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Svātī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya103.82°KarkaPuṣya P4
चन्द्र Candra188.65°TulāSvātī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala82.68°MithunaPunarvasu P1
बुध Budha124.55°SiṃhaMaghā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati333.95°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
शुक्र Śukra79.96°MithunaĀrdrā P4
शनि Śani9.54°MeṣaAśvinī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:20 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:31 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:56 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:53 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:17 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 10 Mins 46 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 49 Mins 14 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:35 – 05:28
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:15 – 06:20
Abhijit Muhūrta12:29 – 13:22
Vijaya Muhūrta15:08 – 16:00
Godhūli Muhūrta19:19 – 19:43
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:31 – 20:04
Amṛta Kāla19:16 – 21:01
Niśīta Muhūrta00:29 – 01:22

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:17 – 12:56
Yamaganda16:14 – 17:52
Gulika Kāla07:59 – 09:38
Varjyam06:53 – 07:14
Dur Muhūrta 09:25 – 09:51

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (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):
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 Chala06:20 – 07:59 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:59 – 09:38 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:38 – 11:17 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:17 – 12:56 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:56 – 14:35 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:35 – 16:14 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg16:14 – 17:52 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:52 – 19:31 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga19:31 – 20:52 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:52 – 22:14 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala22:14 – 23:35 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:35 – 00:56 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:56 – 02:17 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:17 – 03:38 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:38 – 04:59 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:59 – 06:20 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Svātī alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

🌌 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 Year5100 · Kali-5100
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1862560.27 · 5099.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2451025.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8331° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)86.77° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 8/30)
🪷 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 (23.8331°) · declination 18.35° · EoT -6.07 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:1998-07-31 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)