पञ्चाङ्ग — Surat, Gujarat · September 23, 2015 CE

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कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति · Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)Pan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 18.36 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga

सुखं त्विदानीं त्रिविधं श्रृणु मे भरतर्षभ।अभ्यासाद्रमते यत्र दुःखान्तं च निगच्छति।।18.36।।

"18.36 Hear further the three kinds of pleasure. That which increases day after day delivers one from misery," — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 18.36's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2072 Kīlaka

Śaka Saṁvat: 1937 Manmatha

Bengali Saṁvat: 1422

Malayalam Era: 1191

Nanakshahi: 546

Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)

Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)	Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)	Taitila
वार (Vāra)	Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	155.64°	Kanyā	Uttara Phalgunī P3
चन्द्र Candra	266.14°	Dhanu	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala	124.45°	Siṃha	Maghā P2
बुध Budha	170.30°	Kanyā	Hasta P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati	134.37°	Siṃha	Pūrva Phalgunī P1
शुक्र Śukra	114.81°	Karka	Aśleṣā P3
शनि Śani	216.07°	Vṛścika	Anurādhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	06:26 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	18:34 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:30 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	14:25 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	01:19 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	12 Hours 07 Mins 30 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	11 Hours 52 Mins 30 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	04:49 – 05:38
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	05:26 – 06:26
Abhijit Muhūrta	12:06 – 12:54
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:31 – 15:20
Godhūli Muhūrta	18:22 – 18:46
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	18:34 – 19:04
Amṛta Kāla	18:19 – 20:04
Niśīta Muhūrta	00:06 – 00:54

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	12:30 – 14:01
Yamaganda	07:57 – 09:28
Gulika Kāla	10:59 – 12:30
Varjyam	06:57 – 07:16
Dur Muhūrta	09:16 – 09:40

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)

Candra Vāsa: East

Rāhu Vāsa: South-West

Ānandādi Yoga: Saumya (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)

Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)

Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

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):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha	06:26 – 07:57 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta	07:57 – 09:28 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla	09:28 – 10:59 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha	10:59 – 12:30 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga	12:30 – 14:01 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg	14:01 – 15:32 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala	15:32 – 17:03 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha	17:03 – 18:34 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg	18:34 – 20:03 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala	20:03 – 21:32 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha	21:32 – 23:01 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta	23:01 – 00:30 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla	00:30 – 01:59 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha	01:59 – 03:28 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga	03:28 – 04:57 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg	04:57 – 06:26 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 21.1702°

Longitude: 72.8311°

Timezone: UTC+5.5

Elevation: 13 m

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Budha Walk (बुध यात्रा)

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1868823.27
Julian Day	2457288.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.0727°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	113.90°

🪷 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 (24.0727°), declination 0.12°, EoT 8.44 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: 2015-09-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)