पञ्चाङ्ग — Surat, Gujarat · September 4, 2014 CE

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🪷 आज: सिंह सङ्क्रान्ति — Siṁha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Leo.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.42 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
अथवा योगिनामेव कुले भवति धीमताम्।

एतद्धि दुर्लभतरं लोके जन्म यदीदृशम्।।6.42।।
"6.42 Or, he may be born in the family of the wise sages, though a birth like this is, indeed, very difficult to obtain." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.42's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1421
Malayalam Era: 1190
Nanakshahi: 545
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mūla Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya137.39°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
चन्द्र Candra247.54°DhanuMūla P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala209.27°TulāViśākhā P3
बुध Budha158.37°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati106.00°KarkaPuṣya P4
शुक्र Śukra123.71°SiṃhaMaghā P2
शनि Śani203.95°TulāViśākhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:22 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:52 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:37 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:34 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:22 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 29 Mins 52 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 30 Mins 08 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:42 – 05:32
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:20 – 06:22
Abhijit Muhūrta12:12 – 13:02
Vijaya Muhūrta14:42 – 15:32
Godhūli Muhūrta18:40 – 19:04
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:52 – 19:23
Amṛta Kāla18:37 – 20:22
Niśīta Muhūrta00:12 – 01:02

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:11 – 15:45
Yamaganda06:22 – 07:56
Gulika Kāla09:30 – 11:03
Varjyam06:53 – 07:13
Dur Muhūrta 09:17 – 09:42

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (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):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:22 – 07:56 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:56 – 09:30 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:30 – 11:03 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:03 – 12:37 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:37 – 14:11 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta14:11 – 15:45 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:45 – 17:18 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:18 – 18:52 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:52 – 20:18 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:18 – 21:45 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:45 – 23:11 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga23:11 – 00:37 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:37 – 02:03 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:03 – 03:30 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:30 – 04:56 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:56 – 06:22 (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 Year5116 · Kali-5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868439.27 · 5115.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2456904.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0580° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)113.56° · 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 (24.0580°) · declination 7.27° · EoT 1.50 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:2014-09-04 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)