पञ्चाङ्ग — Somnāth · August 11, 2011 CE

🕉️ Sapta-Mokṣa-Puri · Localize for your Pīṭha
अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 15.6 · Chapter 15 · पुरुषोत्तमयोग · Puruṣottama-Yoga
न तद्भासयते सूर्यो न शशाङ्को न पावकः।यद्गत्वा न निवर्तन्ते तद्धाम परमं मम।।15.6।।
"15.6 Neither sun, moon, nor fire shines there. Those who go thither never come back. For, O Arjuna, that is my Celestial Home!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 15.6's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2068 Krodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1933 Khara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1418
Malayalam Era: 1187
Nanakshahi: 542
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Prīti
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya114.04°KarkaAśleṣā P3
चन्द्र Candra261.59°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala70.87°MithunaĀrdrā P2
बुध Budha124.43°SiṃhaMaghā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati15.64°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
शुक्र Śukra112.39°KarkaAśleṣā P2
शनि Śani168.88°KanyāHasta P3

☀️ Somnāth — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:25 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:21 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:53 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:17 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:10 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 55 Mins 46 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 04 Mins 14 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:42 – 05:34
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:21 – 06:25
Abhijit Muhūrta12:27 – 13:19
Vijaya Muhūrta15:03 – 15:54
Godhūli Muhūrta19:09 – 19:33
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:21 – 19:54
Amṛta Kāla19:06 – 20:51
Niśīta Muhūrta00:27 – 01:19

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:30 – 16:07
Yamaganda06:25 – 08:02
Gulika Kāla09:39 – 11:16
Varjyam06:58 – 07:18
Dur Muhūrta 09:26 – 09:52

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
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 · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:25 – 08:02 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:02 – 09:39 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:39 – 11:16 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:16 – 12:53 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:53 – 14:30 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta14:30 – 16:07 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla16:07 – 17:44 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:44 – 19:21 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta19:21 – 20:44 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:44 – 22:07 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha22:07 – 23:30 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga23:30 – 00:53 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:53 – 02:16 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:16 – 03:39 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:39 – 05:02 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:02 – 06:25 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 20.888°
Longitude: 70.4017°
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 — Where This Moment Sits in the Mahāyuga

These five values anchor today within the Sūrya-Siddhānta time-architecture. Kali Year counts from the Kali-epoch (18 Feb 3102 BCE · midnight Ujjain · when Krishna's mortal-form departed). Ahargaṇa is the day-count since that epoch — the canonical time-coordinate used by every Vedic computation on this substrate. Julian Day is the astronomical universal day-number (continuous · no calendar discontinuities). Ayanāṁśa is the angular offset between sidereal (rāśi-based · the Vedic frame) and tropical (equinox-based) coordinates · currently growing at ~50.29″/year as Earth's axis precesses. Sun-Moon angle determines the tithi (0-360° elongation / 12° per tithi).

Kali Year5113 · Kali-5113
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867319.27 · 5112.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2455784.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0152° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)147.85° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 13/30)
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate:Vidhyamitra Sūrya-SiddhāntaMethod:Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equationTier-2 localization:spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanāṁśa (24.0152°) · declination 15.42° · EoT -4.91 min · verified ±1 min vs DrikpanchangLineage:Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Maitreya → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara I → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Jyeṣṭhadeva → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrateAccess:Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed (the bhakta's sole niṣkāma-karma-sevā)Computed for:2011-08-11 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)