पञ्चाङ्ग — Somnāth · April 7, 2017 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
Or visit /cities · universal Earth-access (Sanskrit: Bhūmi Mātā · Mother Earth) · live pañchāṅga renders for any of 147,073 cities worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 आज: कामदा एकादशी — Kāmadā Ekādaśī
Fulfills righteous desires; removes brahma-hatyā.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 13.31 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
यदा भूतपृथग्भावमेकस्थमनुपश्यति।तत एव च विस्तारं ब्रह्म सम्पद्यते तदा।।13.31।।
"13.31 He who sees the diverse forms of life all rooted in One, and growing forth from Him, he shall indeed find the Absolute." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.31's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ekādaśī (11/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya353.33°MīnaRevatī P2
चन्द्र Candra124.11°SiṃhaMaghā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala25.62°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
बुध Budha10.21°MeṣaAśvinī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati173.82°KanyāCitrā P1
शुक्र Śukra334.03°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
शनि Śani243.53°DhanuMūla P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:37 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:05 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:51 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:13 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:55 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 28 Mins 11 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 31 Mins 49 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:57 – 05:47
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:34 – 06:37
Abhijit Muhūrta12:26 – 13:16
Vijaya Muhūrta14:56 – 15:45
Godhūli Muhūrta18:53 – 19:17
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:05 – 19:36
Amṛta Kāla18:50 – 20:35
Niśīta Muhūrta00:26 – 01:16

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:17 – 12:51
Yamaganda15:58 – 17:31
Gulika Kāla08:10 – 09:44
Varjyam07:08 – 07:28
Dur Muhūrta 09:31 – 09:56

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (Inauspicious)
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):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:37 – 08:10 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:10 – 09:44 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:44 – 11:17 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:17 – 12:51 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:51 – 14:24 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:24 – 15:58 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:58 – 17:31 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:31 – 19:05 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga19:05 – 20:31 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:31 – 21:58 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:58 – 23:24 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:24 – 00:51 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:51 – 02:17 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:17 – 03:44 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:44 – 05:10 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:10 – 06:37 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 20.888°
Longitude: 70.4017°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 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 Year5118 · Kali-5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869385.27 · 5118.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457850.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0942° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)129.92° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 11/30)
🪷 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 (24.0942°) · declination 6.84° · EoT -2.49 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:2017-04-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)