पञ्चाङ्ग — Surat, Gujarat · February 22, 2013 CE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.3 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
एवमेतद्यथात्थ त्वमात्मानं परमेश्वर।

द्रष्टुमिच्छामि ते रूपमैश्वरं पुरुषोत्तम।।11.3।।
"11.3 I believe all as Thou hast declared it. I long now to have a vision of thy Divine Form, O Thou Most High!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.3's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2070 Parābhava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1935 Vijaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1420
Malayalam Era: 1189
Nanakshahi: 544
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Punarvasu Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya309.54°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
चन्द्र Candra85.06°MithunaPunarvasu P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala321.55°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
बुध Budha325.56°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati42.71°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
शुक्र Śukra300.74°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
शनि Śani197.22°TulāSvātī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:05 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:40 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:53 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:16 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:34 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 35 Mins 19 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 24 Mins 41 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:32 – 06:19
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:07 – 07:05
Abhijit Muhūrta12:30 – 13:16
Vijaya Muhūrta14:49 – 15:35
Godhūli Muhūrta18:28 – 18:52
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:40 – 19:09
Amṛta Kāla18:25 – 20:10
Niśīta Muhūrta00:30 – 01:16

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:26 – 12:53
Yamaganda15:47 – 17:14
Gulika Kāla08:32 – 09:59
Varjyam07:34 – 07:53
Dur Muhūrta 09:47 – 10:11

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala07:05 – 08:32 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:32 – 09:59 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:59 – 11:26 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:26 – 12:53 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:53 – 14:20 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:20 – 15:47 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:47 – 17:14 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:14 – 18:40 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:40 – 20:14 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:14 – 21:47 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:47 – 23:20 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:20 – 00:53 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:53 – 02:26 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:26 – 03:59 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:59 – 05:32 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:32 – 07:05 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Dvādaśī + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867880.27
Julian Day2456345.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0366°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)134.56°
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta
Method: Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equation
Tier-2 city localization: spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanamsa (24.0366°), declination -10.20°, EoT -14.08 min · verified ±1 min vs Drikpanchang
Lineage: Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate
Access: Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed
Computed for: 2013-02-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)