पञ्चाङ्ग — Jamnagar, Gujarat · August 4, 2014 CE

🪷 आज: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.11 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
शुचौ देशे प्रतिष्ठाप्य स्थिरमासनमात्मनः।

नात्युच्छ्रितं नातिनीचं चैलाजिनकुशोत्तरम्।।6.11।।
"6.11 Having chosen a holy place, let him sit in a firm posture on a seat, neither too high nor too low, and covered with a grass mat, a deer skin and a cloth." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.11's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1421
Malayalam Era: 1190
Nanakshahi: 545
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Viśākhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya107.56°KarkaAśleṣā P1
चन्द्र Candra197.72°TulāSvātī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala190.56°TulāSvātī P2
बुध Budha102.18°KarkaPuṣya P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati99.36°KarkaPuṣya P2
शुक्र Śukra85.69°MithunaPunarvasu P2
शनि Śani202.51°TulāViśākhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:22 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:29 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:56 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:20 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:33 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 06 Mins 50 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 53 Mins 10 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:37 – 05:30
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:17 – 06:22
Abhijit Muhūrta12:29 – 13:22
Vijaya Muhūrta15:07 – 15:59
Godhūli Muhūrta19:17 – 19:41
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:29 – 20:02
Amṛta Kāla19:14 – 20:59
Niśīta Muhūrta00:29 – 01:22

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:00 – 09:39
Yamaganda11:17 – 12:56
Gulika Kāla14:34 – 16:12
Varjyam06:55 – 07:16
Dur Muhūrta 09:26 – 09:52

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:22 – 08:00 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:00 – 09:39 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:39 – 11:17 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga11:17 – 12:56 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:56 – 14:34 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala14:34 – 16:12 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha16:12 – 17:51 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta17:51 – 19:29 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala19:29 – 20:51 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha20:51 – 22:12 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta22:12 – 23:34 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla23:34 – 00:56 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:56 – 02:17 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga02:17 – 03:39 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:39 – 05:00 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:00 – 06:22 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Viśākhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868408.27
Julian Day2456873.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0568°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)94.13°
🪷 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 (24.0568°), declination 17.30°, EoT -5.79 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: 2014-08-04 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)