पञ्चाङ्ग — Surat, Gujarat · January 22, 2011 CE

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अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 9.18 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
गतिर्भर्ता प्रभुः साक्षी निवासः शरणं सुहृत्।

प्रभवः प्रलयः स्थानं निधानं बीजमव्ययम्।।9.18।।
"9.18 I am the Goal, the Sustainer, the Lord, the Witness, the Home, the Shelter, the Lover and the Origin; I am Life and Death; I am the Fountain and the Seed Imperishable." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2068 Krodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1933 Khara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1418
Malayalam Era: 1187
Nanakshahi: 542
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Tṛtīyā (18/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Saubhāgya
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya277.64°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra127.19°SiṃhaMaghā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala280.62°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
बुध Budha256.85°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati335.91°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
शुक्र Śukra231.08°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
शनि Śani172.96°KanyāHasta P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:18 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:22 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:50 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)20:29 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:08 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 03 Mins 35 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 56 Mins 25 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:50 – 06:34
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:23 – 07:18
Abhijit Muhūrta12:28 – 13:12
Vijaya Muhūrta14:41 – 15:25
Godhūli Muhūrta18:10 – 18:34
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:22 – 18:50
Amṛta Kāla18:07 – 19:52
Niśīta Muhūrta00:28 – 01:12

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:04 – 11:27
Yamaganda14:13 – 15:36
Gulika Kāla07:18 – 08:41
Varjyam07:46 – 08:04
Dur Muhūrta 09:53 – 10:15

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
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):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla07:18 – 08:41 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:41 – 10:04 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga10:04 – 11:27 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg11:27 – 12:50 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:50 – 14:13 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha14:13 – 15:36 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:36 – 16:59 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:59 – 18:22 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:22 – 19:59 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:59 – 21:36 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:36 – 23:13 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha23:13 – 00:50 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:50 – 02:27 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg02:27 – 04:04 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala04:04 – 05:41 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:41 – 07:18 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 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 Year5112 · Kali-5112
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867118.27 · 5112.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2455583.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0075° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)207.04° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 18/30)
🪷 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 (24.0075°) · declination -19.79° · EoT -11.54 min · verified ±1 min vs DrikpanchangLineage: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:2011-01-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)