पञ्चाङ्ग — Surat, Gujarat · December 31, 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 11.9 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
सञ्जय उवाच

एवमुक्त्वा ततो राजन्महायोगेश्वरो हरिः।

दर्शयामास पार्थाय परमं रूपमैश्वरम्।।11.9।।
"11.9 Sanjaya continued: "Having thus spoken, O King, the Lord Shri Krishna, the Almighty Prince of Wisdom, showed to Arjuna the Supreme Form of the Great God." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.9's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla 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)Śukla Dvitīyā (2/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya255.70°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra275.72°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala314.46°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
बुध Budha250.07°DhanuMūla P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati176.44°KanyāCitrā P1
शुक्र Śukra302.12°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
शनि Śani236.98°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:16 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:08 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:42 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:32 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:32 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 51 Mins 53 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 08 Mins 07 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:49 – 06:33
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:22 – 07:16
Abhijit Muhūrta12:20 – 13:04
Vijaya Muhūrta14:31 – 15:14
Godhūli Muhūrta17:56 – 18:20
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:08 – 18:35
Amṛta Kāla17:53 – 19:38
Niśīta Muhūrta00:20 – 01:04

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:59 – 11:20
Yamaganda14:03 – 15:25
Gulika Kāla07:16 – 08:37
Varjyam07:43 – 08:01
Dur Muhūrta 09:48 – 10:10

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (Inauspicious)
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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla07:16 – 08:37 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:37 – 09:59 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:59 – 11:20 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg11:20 – 12:42 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:42 – 14:03 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha14:03 – 15:25 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:25 – 16:46 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:46 – 18:08 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:08 – 19:46 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:46 – 21:25 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:25 – 23:03 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha23:03 – 00:42 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:42 – 02:20 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg02:20 – 03:59 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:59 – 05:37 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:37 – 07:16 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869288.27
Julian Day2457753.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0905°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)20.79°
🪷 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 (24.0905°), declination -23.08°, EoT -3.26 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: 2016-12-31 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)