पञ्चाङ्ग — Jamnagar, Gujarat · December 20, 2020 CE

🪷 आज: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 12.2 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाचमय्यावेश्य मनो ये मां नित्ययुक्ता उपासते।श्रद्धया परयोपेतास्ते मे युक्ततमा मताः।।12.2।।
"12.2 Lord Shri Krishna replied: Those who keep their minds fixed on Me, who worship Me always with unwavering faith and concentration; these are the very best." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.2's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2077 Pramādī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1942 Śārvarī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1427
Malayalam Era: 1196
Nanakshahi: 551
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya244.47°DhanuMūla P2
चन्द्र Candra312.51°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala358.14°MīnaRevatī P4
बुध Budha244.12°DhanuMūla P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati275.96°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
शुक्र Śukra221.02°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
शनि Śani276.15°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:25 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:11 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:48 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:33 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:08 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 45 Mins 22 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 14 Mins 38 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:59 – 06:42
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:31 – 07:25
Abhijit Muhūrta12:26 – 13:09
Vijaya Muhūrta14:35 – 15:19
Godhūli Muhūrta17:59 – 18:23
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:11 – 18:37
Amṛta Kāla17:56 – 19:41
Niśīta Muhūrta00:26 – 01:09

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:50 – 18:11
Yamaganda12:48 – 14:09
Gulika Kāla15:29 – 16:50
Varjyam07:52 – 08:09
Dur Muhūrta 09:56 – 10:17

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mātaṇga (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
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 · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:25 – 08:46 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:46 – 10:07 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha10:07 – 11:27 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:27 – 12:48 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:48 – 14:09 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:09 – 15:29 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:29 – 16:50 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:50 – 18:11 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:11 – 19:50 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:50 – 21:29 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:29 – 23:09 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:09 – 00:48 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:48 – 02:27 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:27 – 04:07 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla04:07 – 05:46 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:46 – 07:25 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5122
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870738.27
Julian Day2459203.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1459°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)67.17°
🪷 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 (24.1459°), declination -23.43°, EoT 1.85 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: 2020-12-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)