A part of the Bhavnagar district of the place Saurashtra in the state of Gujarat, the Bhavnagar is about 198 Km away from the capital of Gujarat Gandhinagar. A drive from Gulf of Khambhat towards the west will take you to Bhavnagar, it can also be said that a gradual slopping from Bhavnagar, will lead you to Gulf of Khambhat. The altitude of the coastal city is 24 meters or 78 ft, above the general ocean level. The cartographical measurement of the coordinates of the place is 21.77°N 72.15°E. Only the perennial Kansara Nala, guilds though the outer corner of Bhavnagar, which possesses 53.3 Km2 of land.
Hinduism is the dominant religion here with 91.40% of the total population of 2880,365 of the city. The Muslim religion is the next major religion in Bhavnagar, though it has a lower rate of 7.39% in this place. Christian, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain followers also live there in 0.12%, 0,05%, 0.02% and 0.94% respectively.
About the Panchang
The Panchang (Panjika) is the Hindu almanac. It is used to choose auspicious times (shubh muhurat) for important events
— marriage, naming a baby, starting a business or entering a new home — and to identify inauspicious periods
that are best avoided. Festivals and pujas are also scheduled by it: Lakshmi Puja falls on Purnima tithi, for example,
and Durga Puja on Saptami.
The name means “five limbs”: Tithi, Vara (weekday), Nakshatra,
Yoga and Karana. This page calculates them for the chosen city and date, together with
sunrise, sunset and the Moon's phase. Timings depend on the location, so they differ from city to city.
Tithi and Paksha
A tithi is the time it takes for the Moon to move 12° ahead of the Sun, so there are 30 tithis in a lunar month:
Pratipada, Dwitiya, Tritiya, Chaturthi, Panchami, Shashthi, Saptami, Ashtami, Navami, Dashami, Ekadashi, Dwadashi,
Trayodashi, Chaturdashi and Purnima in the bright half (Shukla Paksha), and the same fifteen ending in Amavasya in the
dark half (Krishna Paksha).
Karana and Yoga
Each tithi has two karanas: the movable Bava, Balava, Kaulava, Taitila, Gara, Vanija and Vishti (Bhadra), and the fixed
Shakuni, Chatushpada, Naga and Kimstughna. There are 27 yogas, found by adding the longitudes of the Sun and Moon and
dividing by 13°20′: Vishkambha, Priti, Ayushman, Saubhagya, Shobhana, Atiganda, Sukarma, Dhriti, Shoola,
Ganda, Vriddhi, Dhruva, Vyaghata, Harshana, Vajra, Siddhi, Vyatipata, Variyana, Parigha, Shiva, Siddha, Sadhya, Shubha,
Shukla, Brahma, Indra and Vaidhriti.
Before starting a journey or anything important, prefer the auspicious times above and avoid Rahu Kaal,
Yamaganda, Gulika Kaal, Dur Muhurta and Mrityu periods.