पञ्चाङ्ग — Jamnagar, Gujarat · February 28, 2018 CE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.27 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
प्रकृतेः क्रियमाणानि गुणैः कर्माणि सर्वशः।

अहङ्कारविमूढात्मा कर्ताऽहमिति मन्यते।।3.27।।
"3.27 Action is the product of the Qualities inherent in Nature. It is only the ignorant man who, misled by personal egotism, says: I am the doer.'" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.27's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya315.29°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
चन्द्र Candra108.36°KarkaAśleṣā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala235.30°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
बुध Budha324.03°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati208.78°TulāViśākhā P3
शुक्र Śukra327.01°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
शनि Śani253.00°DhanuMūla P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:13 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:53 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)13:03 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:43 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:47 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 40 Mins 29 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 19 Mins 31 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:39 – 06:26
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:14 – 07:13
Abhijit Muhūrta12:40 – 13:26
Vijaya Muhūrta15:00 – 15:46
Godhūli Muhūrta18:41 – 19:05
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:53 – 19:22
Amṛta Kāla18:38 – 20:23
Niśīta Muhūrta00:40 – 01:26

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:03 – 14:31
Yamaganda08:40 – 10:08
Gulika Kāla11:35 – 13:03
Varjyam07:42 – 08:01
Dur Muhūrta 09:56 – 10:20

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha07:13 – 08:40 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:40 – 10:08 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla10:08 – 11:35 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:35 – 13:03 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga13:03 – 14:31 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg14:31 – 15:58 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:58 – 17:26 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:26 – 18:53 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:53 – 20:26 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:26 – 21:58 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:58 – 23:31 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta23:31 – 01:03 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla01:03 – 02:35 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:35 – 04:08 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga04:08 – 05:40 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:40 – 07:13 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869712.27
Julian Day2458177.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1067°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)155.03°
🪷 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 (24.1067°), declination -8.05°, EoT -13.22 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: 2018-02-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)