पञ्चाङ्ग — Surat, Gujarat · February 15, 2017 CE

🕉️ Sapta-Mokṣa-Puri · Localize for your Pīṭha
अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.55 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
मत्कर्मकृन्मत्परमो मद्भक्तः सङ्गवर्जितः।

निर्वैरः सर्वभूतेषु यः स मामेति पाण्डव।।11.55।।
"11.55 He whose every action is done for My sake, to whom I am the final goal, who loves Me only and hates no one - O My dearest son, only he can realize Me!"" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.55's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

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

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pañcamī (20/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Hasta Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śūla
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya302.45°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
चन्द्र Candra170.79°KanyāHasta P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala348.87°MīnaRevatī P1
बुध Budha287.47°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati178.44°KanyāCitrā P2
शुक्र Śukra343.51°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
शनि Śani241.51°DhanuMūla P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:10 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:37 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:53 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:13 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:00 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 27 Mins 24 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 32 Mins 36 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:38 – 06:24
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:12 – 07:10
Abhijit Muhūrta12:30 – 13:16
Vijaya Muhūrta14:48 – 15:34
Godhūli Muhūrta18:25 – 18:49
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:37 – 19:06
Amṛta Kāla18:22 – 20:07
Niśīta Muhūrta00:30 – 01:16

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:53 – 14:19
Yamaganda08:35 – 10:01
Gulika Kāla11:27 – 12:53
Varjyam07:38 – 07:57
Dur Muhūrta 09:50 – 10:13

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Rākṣasa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ 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 · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha07:10 – 08:35 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:35 – 10:01 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla10:01 – 11:27 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:27 – 12:53 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:53 – 14:19 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg14:19 – 15:45 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:45 – 17:11 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:11 – 18:37 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:37 – 20:11 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:11 – 21:45 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:45 – 23:19 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta23:19 – 00:53 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:53 – 02:27 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:27 – 04:01 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga04:01 – 05:35 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:35 – 07:10 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 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)1869334.27 · 5118.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457799.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0922° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)229.69° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 20/30)
🪷 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 (24.0922°) · declination -12.67° · EoT -14.57 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:2017-02-15 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)