पञ्चाङ्ग — Jamnagar, Gujarat · October 13, 2017 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.8 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
भवान्भीष्मश्च कर्णश्च कृपश्च समितिञ्जयः।

अश्वत्थामा विकर्णश्च सौमदत्तिस्तथैव च।।1.8।।
"1.8 You come first; then Bheeshma, Karna, Kripa, great soldiers; Ashwaththama, Vikarna and the son of Somadhatta;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Punarvasu Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya175.80°KanyāCitrā P1
चन्द्र Candra92.64°KarkaPunarvasu P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala149.47°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
बुध Budha178.46°KanyāCitrā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati186.15°TulāCitrā P4
शुक्र Śukra153.98°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
शनि Śani238.77°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:45 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:26 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:35 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)00:24 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:42 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 41 Mins 22 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 18 Mins 38 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:11 – 05:58
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:46 – 06:45
Abhijit Muhūrta12:12 – 12:59
Vijaya Muhūrta14:32 – 15:19
Godhūli Muhūrta18:14 – 18:38
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:26 – 18:55
Amṛta Kāla18:11 – 19:56
Niśīta Muhūrta00:12 – 00:59

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:08 – 12:35
Yamaganda15:31 – 16:58
Gulika Kāla08:12 – 09:40
Varjyam07:14 – 07:33
Dur Muhūrta 09:28 – 09:52

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
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 · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:45 – 08:12 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:12 – 09:40 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:40 – 11:08 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:08 – 12:35 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:35 – 14:03 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:03 – 15:31 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:31 – 16:58 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:58 – 18:26 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:26 – 19:58 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:58 – 21:31 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:31 – 23:03 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:03 – 00:35 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:35 – 02:08 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:08 – 03:40 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:40 – 05:12 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:12 – 06:45 (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 Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869574.27
Julian Day2458039.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1014°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)275.34°
🪷 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 (24.1014°), declination -7.78°, EoT 14.44 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: 2017-10-13 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)