पञ्चाङ्ग — Surat, Gujarat · July 5, 2016 CE

Also observed today

मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति · Mithuna SaṅkrāntiPan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 6.11 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga

शुचौ देशे प्रतिष्ठाप्य स्थिरमासनमात्मनः।

नात्युच्छ्रितं नातिनीचं चैलाजिनकुशोत्तरम्।।6.11।।

"6.11 Having chosen a holy place, let him sit in a firm posture on a seat, neither too high nor too low, and covered with a grass mat, a deer skin and a cloth." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 6.11's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya

Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi

Bengali Saṁvat: 1423

Malayalam Era: 1192

Nanakshahi: 547

Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)

Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Punarvasu Pada 3
योग (Yoga)	Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)	Bava
वार (Vāra)	Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	79.38°	Mithuna	Ārdrā P4
चन्द्र Candra	86.90°	Mithuna	Punarvasu P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala	209.00°	Tulā	Viśākhā P3
बुध Budha	76.57°	Mithuna	Ārdrā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati	142.93°	Siṃha	Pūrva Phalgunī P3
शुक्र Śukra	86.88°	Mithuna	Punarvasu P3
शनि Śani	226.68°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	06:02 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	19:24 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:43 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	06:35 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	19:51 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	13 Hours 22 Mins 39 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	10 Hours 37 Mins 21 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	04:15 – 05:08
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	04:55 – 06:02
Abhijit Muhūrta	12:16 – 13:10
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:57 – 15:50
Godhūli Muhūrta	19:12 – 19:36
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	19:24 – 19:58
Amṛta Kāla	19:09 – 20:54
Niśīta Muhūrta	00:16 – 01:10

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	16:04 – 17:44
Yamaganda	09:22 – 11:03
Gulika Kāla	12:43 – 14:23
Varjyam	06:35 – 06:56
Dur Muhūrta	09:09 – 09:36

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)

Candra Vāsa: South

Rāhu Vāsa: North

Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)

Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

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 · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga	06:02 – 07:42 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg	07:42 – 09:22 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala	09:22 – 11:03 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha	11:03 – 12:43 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta	12:43 – 14:23 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla	14:23 – 16:04 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha	16:04 – 17:44 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga	17:44 – 19:24 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla	19:24 – 20:44 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha	20:44 – 22:04 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga	22:04 – 23:23 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg	23:23 – 00:43 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala	00:43 – 02:03 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha	02:03 – 03:22 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta	03:22 – 04:42 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla	04:42 – 06:02 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 21.1702°

Longitude: 72.8311°

Timezone: UTC+5.5

Elevation: 13 m

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Maṅgala Walk (मङ्गल यात्रा)

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pratipada + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:

-1626101-04-03 — Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1869109.27
Julian Day	2457574.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.0836°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	9.07°

🪷 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 (24.0836°), declination 22.76°, EoT -4.19 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: 2016-07-05 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)