पञ्चाङ्ग — Surat, Gujarat · March 13, 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: सीताष्टमी — Sītāṣṭamī
Birth-anniversary of Sītā per Phālguna-Kṛṣṇa-Aṣṭamī tradition.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.51 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाच

दृष्ट्वेदं मानुषं रूपं तवसौम्यं जनार्दन।

इदानीमस्मि संवृत्तः सचेताः प्रकृतिं गतः।।11.51।।
"11.51 Arjuna said: Seeing Thee in Thy gentle human form, my Lord, I am myself again, calm once more." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.51'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 Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Jyeṣṭhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Siddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya328.07°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
चन्द्र Candra229.54°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala351.71°MīnaRevatī P2
बुध Budha305.59°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati108.85°KarkaAśleṣā P1
शुक्र Śukra0.43°MeṣaAśvinī P1
शनि Śani220.63°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:50 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:48 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:49 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)00:49 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:41 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 57 Mins 29 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 02 Mins 31 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:14 – 06:02
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:50 – 06:50
Abhijit Muhūrta12:25 – 13:13
Vijaya Muhūrta14:48 – 15:36
Godhūli Muhūrta18:36 – 19:00
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:48 – 19:18
Amṛta Kāla18:33 – 20:18
Niśīta Muhūrta00:25 – 01:13

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:19 – 12:49
Yamaganda15:48 – 17:18
Gulika Kāla08:20 – 09:50
Varjyam07:20 – 07:39
Dur Muhūrta 09:38 – 10:01

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mudgara (Inauspicious)
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 · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:50 – 08:20 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:20 – 09:50 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:50 – 11:19 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:19 – 12:49 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:49 – 14:19 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:19 – 15:48 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:48 – 17:18 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:18 – 18:48 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:48 – 20:18 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:18 – 21:48 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:48 – 23:19 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:19 – 00:49 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:49 – 02:19 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:19 – 03:50 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:50 – 05:20 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:20 – 06:50 (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 Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Jyeṣṭhā alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Jyeṣṭhā)

🌌 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)1868629.27 · 5116.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457094.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0653° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)265.26° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 23/30)
🪷 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 (24.0653°) · declination -3.12° · EoT -10.22 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:2015-03-13 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)