पञ्चाङ्ग — Surat, Gujarat · January 22, 2017 CE

🪷 आज: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.31 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
आख्याहि मे को भवानुग्ररूपो

नमोऽस्तु ते देववर प्रसीद।

विज्ञातुमिच्छामि भवन्तमाद्यं

न हि प्रजानामि तव प्रवृत्तिम्।।11.31।।
"11.31 Tell me then who Thou art, that wearest this dreadful Form? I bow before Thee, O Mighty One! Have mercy, I pray, and let me see Thee as Thou wert at first. I do not know what Thou intendest." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.31's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Daśamī (25/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Viśākhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Gaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya278.11°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra211.08°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala331.01°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
बुध Budha253.82°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati178.19°KanyāCitrā P2
शुक्र Śukra324.66°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
शनि Śani239.37°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:18 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:22 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:50 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:50 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:54 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 04 Mins 00 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 56 Mins 00 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:50 – 06:34
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:23 – 07:18
Abhijit Muhūrta12:28 – 13:12
Vijaya Muhūrta14:41 – 15:25
Godhūli Muhūrta18:10 – 18:34
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:22 – 18:50
Amṛta Kāla18:07 – 19:52
Niśīta Muhūrta00:28 – 01:12

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:59 – 18:22
Yamaganda12:50 – 14:13
Gulika Kāla15:36 – 16:59
Varjyam07:46 – 08:04
Dur Muhūrta 09:53 – 10:15

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
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 · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:18 – 08:41 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:41 – 10:04 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha10:04 – 11:27 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:27 – 12:50 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:50 – 14:13 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:13 – 15:36 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:36 – 16:59 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:59 – 18:22 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:22 – 19:59 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:59 – 21:36 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:36 – 23:13 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:13 – 00:50 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:50 – 02:27 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:27 – 04:04 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla04:04 – 05:41 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:41 – 07:18 (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-Historical Resonance

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869310.27
Julian Day2457775.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0913°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)291.66°
🪷 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 (24.0913°), declination -19.67°, EoT -11.54 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: 2017-01-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)