पञ्चाङ्ग — Jamnagar, Gujarat · October 2, 2018 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 9.24 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
अहं हि सर्वयज्ञानां भोक्ता च प्रभुरेव च।

न तु मामभिजानन्ति तत्त्वेनातश्च्यवन्ति ते।।9.24।।
"9.24 I am the willing recipient of sacrifice, and I am its true Lord. But these do not know me in truth, and so they sink back." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.24's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya164.69°KanyāHasta P2
चन्द्र Candra69.95°MithunaĀrdrā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala281.97°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
बुध Budha172.71°KanyāHasta P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati208.08°TulāViśākhā P3
शुक्र Śukra196.34°TulāSvātī P3
शनि Śani248.85°DhanuMūla P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:40 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:36 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:38 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:35 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:03 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 55 Mins 40 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 04 Mins 20 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:05 – 05:53
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:41 – 06:40
Abhijit Muhūrta12:14 – 13:02
Vijaya Muhūrta14:38 – 15:25
Godhūli Muhūrta18:24 – 18:48
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:36 – 19:06
Amṛta Kāla18:21 – 20:06
Niśīta Muhūrta00:14 – 01:02

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:37 – 17:07
Yamaganda09:39 – 11:09
Gulika Kāla12:38 – 14:08
Varjyam07:10 – 07:29
Dur Muhūrta 09:27 – 09:51

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (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 · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:40 – 08:10 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:10 – 09:39 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:39 – 11:09 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:09 – 12:38 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:38 – 14:08 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla14:08 – 15:37 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:37 – 17:07 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:07 – 18:36 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:36 – 20:07 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:07 – 21:37 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:37 – 23:08 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg23:08 – 00:38 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:38 – 02:09 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:09 – 03:39 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:39 – 05:10 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:10 – 06:40 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Ārdrā alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869928.27
Julian Day2458393.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1149°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)266.76°
🪷 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 (24.1149°), declination -3.49°, EoT 11.48 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: 2018-10-02 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)