पञ्चाङ्ग — Surat, Gujarat · February 18, 2012 CE

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🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.47 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
सञ्जय उवाच

एवमुक्त्वाऽर्जुनः संख्ये रथोपस्थ उपाविशत्।

विसृज्य सशरं चापं शोकसंविग्नमानसः।।1.47।।
"1.47 Sanjaya said: "Having spoken thus, in the midst of the armies, Arjuna sank on the seat of the chariot, casting away his bow and arrow; heartbroken with grief."" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.47's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2069 Viśvāvasu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1934 Nandana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1419
Malayalam Era: 1188
Nanakshahi: 543
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī (27/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Siddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya304.76°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
चन्द्र Candra257.26°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala144.84°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
बुध Budha313.09°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati10.80°MeṣaAśvinī P4
शुक्र Śukra347.24°MīnaRevatī P1
शनि Śani185.14°TulāCitrā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:08 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:38 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:53 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:18 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:08 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 29 Mins 53 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 30 Mins 07 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:36 – 06:22
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:11 – 07:08
Abhijit Muhūrta12:30 – 13:16
Vijaya Muhūrta14:48 – 15:34
Godhūli Muhūrta18:26 – 18:50
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:38 – 19:07
Amṛta Kāla18:23 – 20:08
Niśīta Muhūrta00:30 – 01:16

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:01 – 11:27
Yamaganda14:19 – 15:46
Gulika Kāla07:08 – 08:34
Varjyam07:37 – 07:55
Dur Muhūrta 09:49 – 10:12

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
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 · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla07:08 – 08:34 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:34 – 10:01 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga10:01 – 11:27 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg11:27 – 12:53 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:53 – 14:19 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha14:19 – 15:46 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:46 – 17:12 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:12 – 18:38 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:38 – 20:12 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:12 – 21:46 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:46 – 23:19 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha23:19 – 00:53 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:53 – 02:27 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg02:27 – 04:01 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala04:01 – 05:34 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:34 – 07:08 (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 Year5113 · Kali-5113
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867510.27 · 5113.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2455975.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0225° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)312.65° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 27/30)
🪷 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 (24.0225°) · declination -11.90° · EoT -14.43 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:2012-02-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)