पञ्चाङ्ग — Surat, Gujarat · August 28, 2012 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: वामन जयन्ती — Vāmana Jayantī
Vāmana's three-step measure of all worlds; Bali's surrender. (= Onam in Kerala.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.6 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
बन्धुरात्माऽऽत्मनस्तस्य येनात्मैवात्मना जितः।

अनात्मनस्तु शत्रुत्वे वर्तेतात्मैव शत्रुवत्।।6.6।।
"6.6 To him who has conquered his lower nature by Its help, the Self is a friend, but to him who has not done so, It is an enemy." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.6's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2069 Viśvāvasu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1934 Nandana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1419
Malayalam Era: 1188
Nanakshahi: 543
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya131.12°SiṃhaMaghā P4
चन्द्र Candra266.43°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala188.63°TulāSvātī P1
बुध Budha118.12°KarkaAśleṣā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati49.82°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
शुक्र Śukra85.62°MithunaPunarvasu P2
शनि Śani181.58°TulāCitrā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:21 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:58 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:39 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:14 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:08 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 37 Mins 23 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 22 Mins 37 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:40 – 05:30
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:18 – 06:21
Abhijit Muhūrta12:14 – 13:05
Vijaya Muhūrta14:46 – 15:36
Godhūli Muhūrta18:46 – 19:10
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:58 – 19:30
Amṛta Kāla18:43 – 20:28
Niśīta Muhūrta00:14 – 01:05

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:49 – 17:24
Yamaganda09:30 – 11:05
Gulika Kāla12:39 – 14:14
Varjyam06:52 – 07:13
Dur Muhūrta 09:18 – 09:43

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhātṛ (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ 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 Roga06:21 – 07:55 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:55 – 09:30 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:30 – 11:05 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:05 – 12:39 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:39 – 14:14 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla14:14 – 15:49 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:49 – 17:24 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:24 – 18:58 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:58 – 20:24 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:24 – 21:49 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:49 – 23:14 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg23:14 – 00:39 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:39 – 02:05 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:05 – 03:30 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:30 – 04:55 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:55 – 06:21 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 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 Year5114 · Kali-5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867702.27 · 5113.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2456167.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0298° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)136.21° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 12/30)
🪷 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 (24.0298°) · declination 9.62° · EoT -0.81 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:2012-08-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)