पञ्चाङ्ग — Surat, Gujarat · May 12, 2011 CE

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🪷 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 11.52 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाच

सुदुर्दर्शमिदं रूपं दृष्टवानसि यन्मम।

देवा अप्यस्य रूपस्य नित्यं दर्शनकाङ्क्षिणः।।11.52।।
"11.52 Lord Shri Krishna replied: It is hard to see this vision of Me that thou hast seen. Even the most powerful have longed for it in vain." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.52's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2068 Krodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1933 Khara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1418
Malayalam Era: 1187
Nanakshahi: 542
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya26.98°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
चन्द्र Candra132.50°SiṃhaMaghā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala6.36°MeṣaAśvinī P2
बुध Budha0.74°MeṣaAśvinī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati0.83°MeṣaAśvinī P1
शुक्र Śukra1.15°MeṣaAśvinī P1
शनि Śani167.03°KanyāHasta P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:02 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:08 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:35 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)13:20 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:54 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 05 Mins 25 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 54 Mins 35 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:18 – 05:10
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:57 – 06:02
Abhijit Muhūrta12:09 – 13:01
Vijaya Muhūrta14:46 – 15:38
Godhūli Muhūrta18:56 – 19:20
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:08 – 19:40
Amṛta Kāla18:53 – 20:38
Niśīta Muhūrta00:09 – 01:01

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:13 – 15:51
Yamaganda06:02 – 07:40
Gulika Kāla09:19 – 10:57
Varjyam06:35 – 06:56
Dur Muhūrta 09:05 – 09:32

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
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):
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 Śubha06:02 – 07:40 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:40 – 09:19 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:19 – 10:57 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:57 – 12:35 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:35 – 14:13 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta14:13 – 15:51 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:51 – 17:29 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:29 – 19:08 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta19:08 – 20:29 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:29 – 21:51 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:51 – 23:13 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga23:13 – 00:35 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:35 – 01:57 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:57 – 03:19 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:19 – 04:40 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:40 – 06:02 (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 Year5113 · Kali-5113
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867228.27 · 5112.3 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2455693.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0117° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)108.34° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 10/30)
🪷 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 (24.0117°) · declination 18.00° · EoT 3.74 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:2011-05-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)