पञ्चाङ्ग — Somnāth · March 18, 2018 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 supported city records worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 आज: चैत्र नवरात्रि आरम्भ — Caitra Navrātri Start (Gudhi Padwā)
Spring Navrātri begins; Vasanta-pakṣa Devī worship. Maharashtra: Gudhi Padwā. South: Ugadi. Sindhi: Cheti Chand.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 4.2 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
एवं परम्पराप्राप्तमिमं राजर्षयो विदुः।

स कालेनेह महता योगो नष्टः परन्तप।।4.2।।
"4.2 The Divine Kings knew it, for it was their tradition. Then, after a long time, at last it was forgotten." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.2's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Kiṃstughna
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya333.29°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
चन्द्र Candra339.14°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala245.82°DhanuMūla P2
बुध Budha350.98°MīnaRevatī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati208.80°TulāViśākhā P3
शुक्र Śukra349.40°MīnaRevatī P1
शनि Śani254.12°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:55 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:59 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:57 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:16 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:25 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 03 Mins 58 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 56 Mins 02 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:19 – 06:07
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:55 – 06:55
Abhijit Muhūrta12:33 – 13:21
Vijaya Muhūrta14:58 – 15:46
Godhūli Muhūrta18:47 – 19:11
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:59 – 19:29
Amṛta Kāla18:44 – 20:29
Niśīta Muhūrta00:33 – 01:21

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:29 – 18:59
Yamaganda12:57 – 14:28
Gulika Kāla15:58 – 17:29
Varjyam07:25 – 07:45
Dur Muhūrta 09:44 – 10:08

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:55 – 08:26 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:26 – 09:56 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:56 – 11:27 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:27 – 12:57 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:57 – 14:28 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:28 – 15:58 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:58 – 17:29 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:29 – 18:59 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:59 – 20:29 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:29 – 21:58 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:58 – 23:28 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:28 – 00:57 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:57 – 02:27 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:27 – 03:56 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:56 – 05:26 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:26 – 06:55 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 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)1869730.27 · 5119.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2458195.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.1074° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)5.49° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 1/30)
🪷 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 (24.1074°) · declination -1.04° · EoT -8.76 min · city civil-time localizationLineage: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:2018-03-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)