पञ्चाङ्ग — Surat, Gujarat · September 11, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: सिंह सङ्क्रान्ति — Siṁha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Leo.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.2 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
अधियज्ञः कथं कोऽत्र देहेऽस्मिन्मधुसूदन।

प्रयाणकाले च कथं ज्ञेयोऽसि नियतात्मभिः।।8.2।।
"8.2 Who is it who rules the spirit sacrifice in many; and at the time of death how may those who have learned self-control come to the knowledge of Thee?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.2's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya144.66°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
चन्द्र Candra252.05°DhanuMūla P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala235.53°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
बुध Budha148.47°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati155.67°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
शुक्र Śukra170.33°KanyāHasta P4
शनि Śani226.16°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:24 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:45 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:35 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:20 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:09 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 21 Mins 00 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 39 Mins 00 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:45 – 05:35
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:22 – 06:24
Abhijit Muhūrta12:10 – 12:59
Vijaya Muhūrta14:38 – 15:28
Godhūli Muhūrta18:33 – 18:57
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:45 – 19:16
Amṛta Kāla18:30 – 20:15
Niśīta Muhūrta00:10 – 00:59

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:13 – 18:45
Yamaganda12:35 – 14:07
Gulika Kāla15:40 – 17:13
Varjyam06:55 – 07:15
Dur Muhūrta 09:17 – 09:42

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:24 – 07:57 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:57 – 09:29 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:29 – 11:02 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:02 – 12:35 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:35 – 14:07 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:07 – 15:40 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:40 – 17:13 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:13 – 18:45 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:45 – 20:13 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:13 – 21:40 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:40 – 23:07 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:07 – 00:35 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:35 – 02:02 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:02 – 03:29 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:29 – 04:57 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:57 – 06:24 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869177.27
Julian Day2457642.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0862°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)109.64°
🪷 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 (24.0862°), declination 4.45°, EoT 4.01 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: 2016-09-11 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)