पञ्चाङ्ग — Somnāth · July 21, 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
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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 18.2 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाच

काम्यानां कर्मणां न्यासं संन्यासं कवयो विदुः।

सर्वकर्मफलत्यागं प्राहुस्त्यागं विचक्षणाः।।18.2।।
"18.2 Lord Shri Krishna replied: The sages say that renunciation means forgoing an action which springs from desire; and relinquishing means the surrender of its fruit." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.2's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya94.40°KarkaPuṣya P1
चन्द्र Candra61.32°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala96.01°KarkaPuṣya P1
बुध Budha119.59°KarkaAśleṣā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati171.19°KanyāHasta P4
शुक्र Śukra53.54°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P1
शनि Śani237.89°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:18 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:31 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:54 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:01 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:23 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 13 Mins 11 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 46 Mins 49 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:32 – 05:25
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:12 – 06:18
Abhijit Muhūrta12:28 – 13:21
Vijaya Muhūrta15:07 – 16:00
Godhūli Muhūrta19:19 – 19:43
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:31 – 20:04
Amṛta Kāla19:16 – 21:01
Niśīta Muhūrta00:28 – 01:21

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:15 – 12:54
Yamaganda16:13 – 17:52
Gulika Kāla07:57 – 09:36
Varjyam06:51 – 07:12
Dur Muhūrta 09:23 – 09:49

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Rākṣasa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:18 – 07:57 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:57 – 09:36 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:36 – 11:15 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:15 – 12:54 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:54 – 14:34 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:34 – 16:13 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg16:13 – 17:52 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:52 – 19:31 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga19:31 – 20:52 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:52 – 22:13 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala22:13 – 23:34 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:34 – 00:54 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:54 – 02:15 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:15 – 03:36 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:36 – 04:57 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:57 – 06:18 (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 Year5119 · Kali-5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869490.27 · 5118.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457955.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0982° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)329.07° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 28/30)
🪷 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 (24.0982°) · declination 20.46° · EoT -6.05 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:2017-07-21 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)