पञ्चाङ्ग — Jamnagar, Gujarat · February 8, 2014 CE

🪷 आज: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.20 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
न जायते म्रियते वा कदाचि

न्नायं भूत्वा भविता वा न भूयः।

अजो नित्यः शाश्वतोऽयं पुराणो

न हन्यते हन्यमाने शरीरे।।2.20।।
"2.20 It was not born; It will never die, nor once having been, can It cease to be. Unborn, Eternal, Ever-enduring, yet Most Ancient, the Spirit dies not when the body is dead." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1421
Malayalam Era: 1190
Nanakshahi: 545
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Kṛttikā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya295.14°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
चन्द्र Candra39.05°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala180.63°TulāCitrā P3
बुध Budha309.02°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati76.86°MithunaĀrdrā P4
शुक्र Śukra260.13°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani208.57°TulāViśākhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:26 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:42 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)13:04 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:21 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:39 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 16 Mins 22 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 43 Mins 38 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:56 – 06:41
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:30 – 07:26
Abhijit Muhūrta12:42 – 13:27
Vijaya Muhūrta14:57 – 15:42
Godhūli Muhūrta18:30 – 18:54
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:42 – 19:11
Amṛta Kāla18:27 – 20:12
Niśīta Muhūrta00:42 – 01:27

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:15 – 11:40
Yamaganda14:29 – 15:53
Gulika Kāla07:26 – 08:51
Varjyam07:54 – 08:12
Dur Muhūrta 10:04 – 10:26

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla07:26 – 08:51 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:51 – 10:15 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga10:15 – 11:40 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg11:40 – 13:04 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala13:04 – 14:29 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha14:29 – 15:53 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:53 – 17:18 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:18 – 18:42 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:42 – 20:18 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:18 – 21:53 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:53 – 23:29 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha23:29 – 01:04 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga01:04 – 02:40 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg02:40 – 04:15 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala04:15 – 05:51 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:51 – 07:26 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Navamī + Kṛttikā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Kṛttikā)
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Kṛttikā)
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Śukla Navamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868231.27
Julian Day2456696.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0500°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)101.19°
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta
Method: Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equation
Tier-2 city localization: spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanamsa (24.0500°), declination -15.07°, EoT -14.45 min · verified ±1 min vs Drikpanchang
Lineage: Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate
Access: Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed
Computed for: 2014-02-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)