पञ्चाङ्ग — Surat, Gujarat · December 4, 2016 CE

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🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 10.24 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
पुरोधसां च मुख्यं मां विद्धि पार्थ बृहस्पतिम्।

सेनानीनामहं स्कन्दः सरसामस्मि सागरः।।10.24।।
"10.24 Among the priests, know, O Arjuna, that I am the Apostle Brihaspati; of generals I am Skanda, the Commander-in-Chief, and of waters I am the Ocean." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.24's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pañcamī (5/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya228.23°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
चन्द्र Candra278.73°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala294.11°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
बुध Budha247.38°DhanuMūla P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati172.71°KanyāHasta P4
शुक्र Śukra271.53°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani233.82°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:02 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:57 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:30 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:21 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:23 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 54 Mins 49 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 05 Mins 11 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:35 – 06:19
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:08 – 07:02
Abhijit Muhūrta12:08 – 12:52
Vijaya Muhūrta14:19 – 15:03
Godhūli Muhūrta17:45 – 18:09
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:57 – 18:24
Amṛta Kāla17:42 – 19:27
Niśīta Muhūrta00:08 – 00:52

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:35 – 17:57
Yamaganda12:30 – 13:52
Gulika Kāla15:13 – 16:35
Varjyam07:30 – 07:47
Dur Muhūrta 09:35 – 09:57

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mausala (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:02 – 08:24 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:24 – 09:46 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:46 – 11:08 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:08 – 12:30 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:30 – 13:52 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:52 – 15:13 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:13 – 16:35 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:35 – 17:57 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:57 – 19:35 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:35 – 21:13 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:13 – 22:52 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:52 – 00:30 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:30 – 02:08 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:08 – 03:46 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:46 – 05:24 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:24 – 07:02 (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 — 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 Year5118 · Kali-5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869261.27 · 5117.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457726.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0894° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)53.60° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 5/30)
🪷 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 (24.0894°) · declination -22.27° · EoT 8.96 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:2016-12-04 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)