पञ्चाङ्ग — Somnāth · April 8, 2016 CE

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मीन सङ्क्रान्ति · Mīna SaṅkrāntiPan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 3.37 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga

श्री भगवानुवाच

काम एष क्रोध एष रजोगुणसमुद्भवः।

महाशनो महापाप्मा विद्ध्येनमिह वैरिणम्।।3.37।।

"3.37 Lord Shri Krishna: It is desire, it is aversion, born of passion. Desire consumes and corrupts everything. It is man's greatest enemy." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 3.37's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya

Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi

Bengali Saṁvat: 1423

Malayalam Era: 1192

Nanakshahi: 547

Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)

Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Aśvinī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)	Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)	Bava
वार (Vāra)	Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	354.56°	Mīna	Revatī P3
चन्द्र Candra	2.72°	Meṣa	Aśvinī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala	224.06°	Vṛścika	Anurādhā P4
बुध Budha	9.50°	Meṣa	Aśvinī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati	139.96°	Siṃha	Pūrva Phalgunī P2
शुक्र Śukra	338.63°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P2
शनि Śani	231.97°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	06:36 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	19:05 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:51 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	07:05 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	19:42 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	12 Hours 29 Mins 38 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	11 Hours 30 Mins 22 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	04:56 – 05:46
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	05:33 – 06:36
Abhijit Muhūrta	12:26 – 13:16
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:56 – 15:45
Godhūli Muhūrta	18:53 – 19:17
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	19:05 – 19:37
Amṛta Kāla	18:50 – 20:35
Niśīta Muhūrta	00:26 – 01:16

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	11:17 – 12:51
Yamaganda	15:58 – 17:32
Gulika Kāla	08:09 – 09:43
Varjyam	07:07 – 07:27
Dur Muhūrta	09:31 – 09:56

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)

Candra Vāsa: East

Rāhu Vāsa: South-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)

Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala	06:36 – 08:09 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha	08:09 – 09:43 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta	09:43 – 11:17 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla	11:17 – 12:51 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha	12:51 – 14:24 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga	14:24 – 15:58 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg	15:58 – 17:32 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala	17:32 – 19:05 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga	19:05 – 20:32 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg	20:32 – 21:58 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala	21:58 – 23:24 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha	23:24 – 00:51 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta	00:51 – 02:17 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla	02:17 – 03:43 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha	03:43 – 05:09 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga	05:09 – 06:36 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 20.888°

Longitude: 70.4017°

Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Śukra Walk (शुक्र यात्रा)

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pratipada + Aśvinī alignment also occurred on:

-3101-02-18 — Kali Yuga Epoch (same Aśvinī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1869021.27
Julian Day	2457486.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.0803°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	7.17°

🪷 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 (24.0803°), declination 7.30°, EoT -2.19 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: 2016-04-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)