पञ्चाङ्ग — Rajkot, Gujarat · October 8, 2026 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 12.17 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
यो न हृष्यति न द्वेष्टि न शोचति न काङ्क्षति।शुभाशुभपरित्यागी भक्ितमान्यः स मे प्रियः।।12.17।।
"12.17 He who is beyond joy and hate, who neither laments nor desires, to whom good and evil fortunes are the same, such a one is My beloved." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2083 Siddhārthī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1948 Parābhava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1433
Malayalam Era: 1202
Nanakshahi: 557
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya170.55°KanyāHasta P4
चन्द्र Candra138.43°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala101.17°KarkaPuṣya P3
बुध Budha194.91°TulāSvātī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati116.38°KarkaAśleṣā P3
शुक्र Śukra193.57°TulāSvātī P3
शनि Śani346.84°MīnaRevatī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:40 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:28 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:34 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:11 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:39 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 48 Mins 04 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 11 Mins 56 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:05 – 05:52
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:41 – 06:40
Abhijit Muhūrta12:10 – 12:57
Vijaya Muhūrta14:32 – 15:19
Godhūli Muhūrta18:16 – 18:40
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:28 – 18:57
Amṛta Kāla18:13 – 19:58
Niśīta Muhūrta00:10 – 00:57

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:02 – 15:31
Yamaganda06:40 – 08:08
Gulika Kāla09:37 – 11:05
Varjyam07:09 – 07:28
Dur Muhūrta 09:25 – 09:48

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
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):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:40 – 08:08 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:08 – 09:37 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:37 – 11:05 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:05 – 12:34 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:34 – 14:02 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta14:02 – 15:31 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:31 – 16:59 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:59 – 18:28 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:28 – 19:59 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:59 – 21:31 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:31 – 23:02 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga23:02 – 00:34 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:34 – 02:05 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:05 – 03:37 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:37 – 05:08 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:08 – 06:40 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 22.3039°
Longitude: 70.8022°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5128
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872856.27
Julian Day2461321.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2269°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)328.78°
🪷 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 (24.2269°), declination -5.82°, EoT 13.23 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: 2026-10-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)