पञ्चाङ्ग — Surat, Gujarat · February 17, 2015 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: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.27 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
वक्त्राणि ते त्वरमाणा विशन्ति

दंष्ट्राकरालानि भयानकानि।

केचिद्विलग्ना दशनान्तरेषु

संदृश्यन्ते चूर्णितैरुत्तमाङ्गैः।।11.27।।
"11.27 1 see them all rushing headlong into Thy mouths, with terrible tusks, horrible to behold. Some are mangled between thy jaws, with their heads crushed to atoms." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.27's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2072 Kīlaka
Śaka Saṁvat: 1937 Manmatha
Bengali Saṁvat: 1422
Malayalam Era: 1191
Nanakshahi: 546
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya303.98°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
चन्द्र Candra276.38°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala333.39°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
बुध Budha278.57°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati111.43°KarkaAśleṣā P2
शुक्र Śukra331.04°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
शनि Śani220.07°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:09 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:38 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:53 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:33 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:33 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 29 Mins 04 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 30 Mins 56 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:37 – 06:23
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:11 – 07:09
Abhijit Muhūrta12:30 – 13:16
Vijaya Muhūrta14:48 – 15:34
Godhūli Muhūrta18:26 – 18:50
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:38 – 19:06
Amṛta Kāla18:23 – 20:08
Niśīta Muhūrta00:30 – 01:16

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:45 – 17:12
Yamaganda10:01 – 11:27
Gulika Kāla12:53 – 14:19
Varjyam07:37 – 07:56
Dur Muhūrta 09:49 – 10:12

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (Auspicious)
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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga07:09 – 08:35 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:35 – 10:01 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala10:01 – 11:27 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:27 – 12:53 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:53 – 14:19 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla14:19 – 15:45 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:45 – 17:12 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:12 – 18:38 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:38 – 20:12 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:12 – 21:45 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:45 – 23:19 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg23:19 – 00:53 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:53 – 02:27 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:27 – 04:01 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta04:01 – 05:35 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:35 – 07:09 (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 Year5116 · Kali-5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868605.27 · 5116.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457070.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0643° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)333.18° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 28/30)
🪷 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 (24.0643°) · declination -12.15° · EoT -14.49 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:2015-02-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)