पञ्चाङ्ग — Surat, Gujarat · March 11, 2016 CE

🕉️ Sapta-Mokṣa-Puri · Localize for your Pīṭha
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.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.9 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
यज्ञार्थात्कर्मणोऽन्यत्र लोकोऽयं कर्मबन्धनः।

तदर्थं कर्म कौन्तेय मुक्तसंगः समाचर।।3.9।।
"3.9 In this world people are fettered by action, unless it is performed as a sacrifice. Therefore, O Arjuna, let thy acts be done without attachment, as sacrifice only." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.9's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Tṛtīyā (3/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya326.82°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
चन्द्र Candra354.31°MīnaRevatī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala217.43°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
बुध Budha315.24°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati143.18°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
शुक्र Śukra304.01°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
शनि Śani231.94°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:51 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:47 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:49 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:26 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:53 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 55 Mins 58 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 04 Mins 02 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:16 – 06:04
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:52 – 06:51
Abhijit Muhūrta12:26 – 13:13
Vijaya Muhūrta14:49 – 15:36
Godhūli Muhūrta18:35 – 18:59
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:47 – 19:17
Amṛta Kāla18:32 – 20:17
Niśīta Muhūrta00:26 – 01:13

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:20 – 12:49
Yamaganda15:48 – 17:18
Gulika Kāla08:21 – 09:50
Varjyam07:21 – 07:40
Dur Muhūrta 09:39 – 10:02

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (Auspicious)
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):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:51 – 08:21 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:21 – 09:50 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:50 – 11:20 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:20 – 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 – 18:47 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:47 – 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 – 02:20 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:20 – 03:50 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:50 – 05:21 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:21 – 06:51 (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 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 Year5117 · Kali-5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868993.27 · 5117.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457458.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0792° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)25.04° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 3/30)
🪷 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 (24.0792°) · declination -3.61° · EoT -10.76 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:2016-03-11 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)