पञ्चाङ्ग — Surat, Gujarat · December 26, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.4 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
मन्यसे यदि तच्छक्यं मया द्रष्टुमिति प्रभो।

योगेश्वर ततो मे त्वं दर्शयाऽत्मानमव्ययम्।।11.4।।
"11.4 If Thou thinkest that it can be made possible for me to see it, show me, O Lord of Lords, Thine own Eternal Self." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.4's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī (27/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Viśākhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya250.60°DhanuMūla P4
चन्द्र Candra214.79°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala310.68°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
बुध Budha256.76°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati175.87°KanyāCitrā P1
शुक्र Śukra296.63°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
शनि Śani236.40°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:14 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:05 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:40 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:46 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:47 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 50 Mins 53 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 09 Mins 07 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:47 – 06:31
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:20 – 07:14
Abhijit Muhūrta12:18 – 13:01
Vijaya Muhūrta14:28 – 15:12
Godhūli Muhūrta17:53 – 18:17
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:05 – 18:32
Amṛta Kāla17:50 – 19:35
Niśīta Muhūrta00:18 – 01:01

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:36 – 09:57
Yamaganda11:18 – 12:40
Gulika Kāla14:01 – 15:22
Varjyam07:41 – 07:59
Dur Muhūrta 09:46 – 10:08

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

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 · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta07:14 – 08:36 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:36 – 09:57 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:57 – 11:18 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga11:18 – 12:40 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:40 – 14:01 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala14:01 – 15:22 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:22 – 16:44 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:44 – 18:05 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala18:05 – 19:44 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:44 – 21:22 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:22 – 23:01 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla23:01 – 00:40 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:40 – 02:18 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga02:18 – 03:57 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:57 – 05:36 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:36 – 07:14 (neutral)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Viśākhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869283.27
Julian Day2457748.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0903°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)322.65°
🪷 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 (24.0903°), declination -23.35°, EoT -0.96 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: 2016-12-26 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)