पञ्चाङ्ग — Surat, Gujarat · March 18, 2016 CE

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🪷 आज: मीन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mīna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Pisces; Mīna-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.16 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
एवं प्रवर्तितं चक्रं नानुवर्तयतीह यः।

अघायुरिन्द्रियारामो मोघं पार्थ स जीवति।।3.16।।
"3.16 Thus he who does not help the revolving wheel of sacrifice, but instead leads a sinful life, rejoicing in the gratification of his senses, O Arjuna, he breathes in vain." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.16's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Punarvasu Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya333.80°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
चन्द्र Candra92.17°KarkaPunarvasu P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala219.67°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
बुध Budha327.96°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati142.28°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
शुक्र Śukra312.67°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
शनि Śani232.07°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:45 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:50 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:47 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:04 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:18 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 04 Mins 32 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 55 Mins 28 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:09 – 05:57
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:45 – 06:45
Abhijit Muhūrta12:23 – 13:12
Vijaya Muhūrta14:48 – 15:36
Godhūli Muhūrta18:38 – 19:02
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:50 – 19:20
Amṛta Kāla18:35 – 20:20
Niśīta Muhūrta00:23 – 01:12

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:17 – 12:47
Yamaganda15:49 – 17:19
Gulika Kāla08:16 – 09:46
Varjyam07:15 – 07:35
Dur Muhūrta 09:34 – 09:58

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:45 – 08:16 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:16 – 09:46 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:46 – 11:17 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:17 – 12:47 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:47 – 14:18 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:18 – 15:49 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:49 – 17:19 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:19 – 18:50 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:50 – 20:19 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:19 – 21:49 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:49 – 23:18 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:18 – 00:47 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:47 – 02:17 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:17 – 03:46 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:46 – 05:16 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:16 – 06:45 (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 Śukla Daśamī + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

🌌 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)1869000.27 · 5117.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457465.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0794° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)116.03° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 10/30)
🪷 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 (24.0794°) · declination -0.84° · EoT -8.76 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:2016-03-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)