पञ्चाङ्ग — Somnāth · April 8, 2022 CE

🪷 आज: मीन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mīna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Pisces; Mīna-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.11 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
शुचौ देशे प्रतिष्ठाप्य स्थिरमासनमात्मनः।

नात्युच्छ्रितं नातिनीचं चैलाजिनकुशोत्तरम्।।6.11।।
"6.11 Having chosen a holy place, let him sit in a firm posture on a seat, neither too high nor too low, and covered with a grass mat, a deer skin and a cloth." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.11's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2079 Rākṣasa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1944 Śubhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1429
Malayalam Era: 1198
Nanakshahi: 553
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Saptamī (7/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya354.03°MīnaRevatī P3
चन्द्र Candra70.47°MithunaĀrdrā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala300.17°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
बुध Budha359.10°MīnaRevatī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati328.76°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
शुक्र Śukra308.10°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
शनि Śani298.55°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā 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)11:16 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:37 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 29 Mins 06 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 30 Mins 54 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:56 – 05:46
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:34 – 06:36
Abhijit Muhūrta12:26 – 13:16
Vijaya Muhūrta14:55 – 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 – 09:43
Varjyam07:07 – 07:27
Dur Muhūrta 09:31 – 09:56

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:36 – 08:10 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:10 – 09:43 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:43 – 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 – 03:43 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:43 – 05:10 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:10 – 06:36 (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

Kali Year5123
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871212.27
Julian Day2459677.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1640°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)78.48°
🪷 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 (24.1640°), declination 7.13°, 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: 2022-04-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)