पञ्चाङ्ग — Surat, Gujarat · April 9, 1998 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: प्रदोष व्रत — Pradoṣa Vrata
Twilight worship of Śiva on Trayodaśī.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 16.21 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga
त्रिविधं नरकस्येदं द्वारं नाशनमात्मनः।कामः क्रोधस्तथा लोभस्तस्मादेतत्त्रयं त्यजेत्।।16.21।।
"16.21 The gates of hell are three: lust, wrath and avarice. They destroy the Self. Avoid them." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 16.21's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2055 Khara
Śaka Saṁvat: 1920 Bahudhānya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1405
Malayalam Era: 1174
Nanakshahi: 529
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vṛddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya355.17°MīnaRevatī P3
चन्द्र Candra143.82°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala3.22°MeṣaAśvinī P1
बुध Budha351.19°MīnaRevatī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati321.14°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
शुक्र Śukra309.12°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
शनि Śani358.94°MīnaRevatī P4

☀️ Surat, Gujarat — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:25 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:56 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:41 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:25 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:45 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 30 Mins 24 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 29 Mins 36 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:45 – 05:35
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:23 – 06:25
Abhijit Muhūrta12:16 – 13:06
Vijaya Muhūrta14:46 – 15:36
Godhūli Muhūrta18:44 – 19:08
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:56 – 19:27
Amṛta Kāla18:41 – 20:26
Niśīta Muhūrta00:16 – 01:06

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:14 – 15:48
Yamaganda06:25 – 07:59
Gulika Kāla09:33 – 11:07
Varjyam06:57 – 07:17
Dur Muhūrta 09:20 – 09:45

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:25 – 07:59 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:59 – 09:33 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:33 – 11:07 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:07 – 12:41 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:41 – 14:14 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta14:14 – 15:48 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:48 – 17:22 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:22 – 18:56 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:56 – 20:22 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:22 – 21:48 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:48 – 23:14 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga23:14 – 00:41 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:41 – 02:07 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:07 – 03:33 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:33 – 04:59 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:59 – 06:25 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 21.1702°
Longitude: 72.8311°
Timezone: UTC+5.5
Elevation: 13 m

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 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 Year5099 · Kali-5099
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1862447.27 · 5099.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450912.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8288° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)147.44° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 13/30)
🪷 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 (23.8288°) · declination 7.44° · EoT -1.90 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:1998-04-09 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)