पञ्चाङ्ग — Somnāth · May 5, 2026 CE

🪷 आज: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.20 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
परस्तस्मात्तु भावोऽन्योऽव्यक्तोऽव्यक्तात्सनातनः।

यः स सर्वेषु भूतेषु नश्यत्सु न विनश्यति।।8.20।।
"8.20 In truth, therefore, there is the Eternal Unmanifest, which is beyond and above the Unmanifest Spirit of Creation, which is never destroyed when all these being perish." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2083 Siddhārthī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1948 Parābhava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1433
Malayalam Era: 1202
Nanakshahi: 557
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mūla Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya20.36°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
चन्द्र Candra236.87°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala354.84°MīnaRevatī P3
बुध Budha9.00°MeṣaAśvinī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati85.10°MithunaPunarvasu P2
शुक्र Śukra48.62°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
शनि Śani345.45°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:16 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:14 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:45 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:46 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:36 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 58 Mins 26 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 01 Mins 34 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:32 – 05:24
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:11 – 06:16
Abhijit Muhūrta12:19 – 13:11
Vijaya Muhūrta14:55 – 15:47
Godhūli Muhūrta19:02 – 19:26
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:14 – 19:47
Amṛta Kāla18:59 – 20:44
Niśīta Muhūrta00:19 – 01:11

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:00 – 17:37
Yamaganda09:30 – 11:08
Gulika Kāla12:45 – 14:22
Varjyam06:48 – 07:09
Dur Muhūrta 09:17 – 09:43

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
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 · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:16 – 07:53 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:53 – 09:30 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:30 – 11:08 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:08 – 12:45 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:45 – 14:22 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla14:22 – 16:00 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha16:00 – 17:37 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:37 – 19:14 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla19:14 – 20:37 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:37 – 22:00 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga22:00 – 23:22 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg23:22 – 00:45 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:45 – 02:08 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:08 – 03:30 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:30 – 04:53 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:53 – 06:16 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5128
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872700.27
Julian Day2461165.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2210°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)219.83°
🪷 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 (24.2210°), declination 16.21°, EoT 3.35 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: 2026-05-05 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)