पञ्चाङ्ग — Surat, Gujarat · March 16, 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: पापमोचनी एकादशी — Pāpamocanī Ekādaśī
Removes mahā-pātakas (great sins).

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.54 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
भक्त्या त्वनन्यया शक्य अहमेवंविधोऽर्जुन।

ज्ञातुं दृष्टुं च तत्त्वेन प्रवेष्टुं च परंतप।।11.54।।
"11.54 Only by tireless devotion can I be seen and known; only thus can a man become one with Me, O Arjuna!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.54's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2072 Kīlaka
Śaka Saṁvat: 1937 Manmatha
Bengali Saṁvat: 1422
Malayalam Era: 1191
Nanakshahi: 546
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Parigha
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya331.06°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
चन्द्र Candra270.33°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala353.98°MīnaRevatī P3
बुध Budha310.12°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati108.62°KarkaAśleṣā P1
शुक्र Śukra4.06°MeṣaAśvinī P2
शनि Śani220.63°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:47 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:49 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:48 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:17 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:13 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 01 Mins 09 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 58 Mins 51 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:11 – 05:59
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:47 – 06:47
Abhijit Muhūrta12:24 – 13:12
Vijaya Muhūrta14:48 – 15:36
Godhūli Muhūrta18:37 – 19:01
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:49 – 19:19
Amṛta Kāla18:34 – 20:19
Niśīta Muhūrta00:24 – 01:12

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:18 – 09:48
Yamaganda11:18 – 12:48
Gulika Kāla14:18 – 15:48
Varjyam07:18 – 07:37
Dur Muhūrta 09:36 – 10:00

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Rākṣasa (Inauspicious)
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 Amṛta06:47 – 08:18 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:18 – 09:48 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:48 – 11:18 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga11:18 – 12:48 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:48 – 14:18 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala14:18 – 15:48 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:48 – 17:18 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta17:18 – 18:49 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala18:49 – 20:18 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha20:18 – 21:48 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:48 – 23:18 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla23:18 – 00:48 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:48 – 02:18 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga02:18 – 03:48 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:48 – 05:18 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:18 – 06:47 (neutral)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 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)1868632.27 · 5116.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457097.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0654° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)302.16° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 26/30)
🪷 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 (24.0654°) · declination -1.93° · EoT -9.36 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:2015-03-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)