पञ्चाङ्ग — Surat, Gujarat · May 23, 2011 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: वृषभ सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛṣabha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Taurus.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 12.8 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
मय्येव मन आधत्स्व मयि बुद्धिं निवेशय।निवसिष्यसि मय्येव अत ऊर्ध्वं न संशयः।।12.8।।
"12.8 Then let thy mind cling only to Me, let thy intellect abide in Me; and without doubt thou shalt live hereafter in Me alone." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Jyeṣṭha (Jyeṣṭha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2068 Krodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1933 Khara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1418
Malayalam Era: 1187
Nanakshahi: 542
Solar Month: Vṛṣabha (Vaikāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya37.58°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4
चन्द्र Candra287.87°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala14.58°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
बुध Budha16.05°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati3.29°MeṣaAśvinī P1
शुक्र Śukra14.50°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
शनि Śani166.56°KanyāHasta P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:58 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:12 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:35 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:41 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:51 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 14 Mins 15 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 45 Mins 45 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:12 – 05:05
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:52 – 05:58
Abhijit Muhūrta12:09 – 13:02
Vijaya Muhūrta14:48 – 15:41
Godhūli Muhūrta19:00 – 19:24
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:12 – 19:45
Amṛta Kāla18:57 – 20:42
Niśīta Muhūrta00:09 – 01:02

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:37 – 09:17
Yamaganda10:56 – 12:35
Gulika Kāla14:15 – 15:54
Varjyam06:31 – 06:52
Dur Muhūrta 09:03 – 09:30

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta05:58 – 07:37 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:37 – 09:17 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:17 – 10:56 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:56 – 12:35 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:35 – 14:15 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala14:15 – 15:54 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:54 – 17:33 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta17:33 – 19:12 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala19:12 – 20:33 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha20:33 – 21:54 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:54 – 23:15 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla23:15 – 00:35 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:35 – 01:56 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:56 – 03:17 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:17 – 04:37 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:37 – 05:58 (neutral)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 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)1867239.27 · 5112.3 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2455704.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0121° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)249.51° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 21/30)
🪷 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 (24.0121°) · declination 20.48° · EoT 3.40 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:2011-05-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)