पञ्चाङ्ग — Surat, Gujarat · December 27, 2014 CE

🪷 आज: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 10.17 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
कथं विद्यामहं योगिंस्त्वां सदा परिचिन्तयन्।

केषु केषु च भावेषु चिन्त्योऽसि भगवन्मया।।10.17।।
"10.17 O Master! How shall I, by constant meditation, know Thee? My Lord! What are Thy various manifestations through which I am to mediate on Thee?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1421
Malayalam Era: 1190
Nanakshahi: 545
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Siddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya251.13°DhanuMūla P4
चन्द्र Candra318.47°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala292.87°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
बुध Budha261.53°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati117.25°KarkaAśleṣā P4
शुक्र Śukra266.26°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शनि Śani216.04°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:15 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:06 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:40 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:18 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:01 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 50 Mins 57 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 09 Mins 03 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:48 – 06:31
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:20 – 07:15
Abhijit Muhūrta12:18 – 13:02
Vijaya Muhūrta14:29 – 15:12
Godhūli Muhūrta17:54 – 18:18
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:06 – 18:33
Amṛta Kāla17:51 – 19:36
Niśīta Muhūrta00:18 – 01:02

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:57 – 11:19
Yamaganda14:01 – 15:23
Gulika Kāla07:15 – 08:36
Varjyam07:42 – 07:59
Dur Muhūrta 09:47 – 10:08

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla07:15 – 08:36 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:36 – 09:57 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:57 – 11:19 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg11:19 – 12:40 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:40 – 14:01 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha14:01 – 15:23 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:23 – 16:44 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:44 – 18:06 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:06 – 19:44 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:44 – 21:23 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:23 – 23:01 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha23:01 – 00:40 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:40 – 02:19 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg02:19 – 03:57 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:57 – 05:36 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:36 – 07:15 (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

Kali Year5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868553.27
Julian Day2457018.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0624°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)64.69°
🪷 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 (24.0624°), declination -23.33°, EoT -1.42 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: 2014-12-27 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)