पञ्चाङ्ग — Surat, Gujarat · March 1, 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 12.14 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
सन्तुष्टः सततं योगी यतात्मा दृढनिश्चयः।मय्यर्पितमनोबुद्धिर्यो मद्भक्तः स मे प्रियः।।12.14।।
"12.14 Always contented, self-centred, self-controlled, resolute, with mind and reason dedicated to Me, such a devotee of Mine is My beloved." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.14's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla 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)Śukla Tṛtīyā (3/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya316.55°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
चन्द्र Candra347.66°MīnaRevatī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala359.13°MīnaRevatī P4
बुध Budha311.16°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati177.77°KanyāCitrā P2
शुक्र Śukra348.68°MīnaRevatī P1
शनि Śani242.45°DhanuMūla P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:00 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:44 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:52 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:46 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:06 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 43 Mins 36 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 16 Mins 24 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:26 – 06:13
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:01 – 07:00
Abhijit Muhūrta12:28 – 13:15
Vijaya Muhūrta14:49 – 15:36
Godhūli Muhūrta18:32 – 18:56
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:44 – 19:13
Amṛta Kāla18:29 – 20:14
Niśīta Muhūrta00:28 – 01:15

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:52 – 14:20
Yamaganda08:28 – 09:56
Gulika Kāla11:24 – 12:52
Varjyam07:29 – 07:48
Dur Muhūrta 09:44 – 10:08

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha07:00 – 08:28 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:28 – 09:56 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:56 – 11:24 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:24 – 12:52 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:52 – 14:20 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg14:20 – 15:48 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:48 – 17:16 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:16 – 18:44 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:44 – 20:16 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:16 – 21:48 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:48 – 23:20 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta23:20 – 00:52 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:52 – 02:24 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:24 – 03:56 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:56 – 05:28 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:28 – 07:00 (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)1869348.27 · 5118.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457813.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0928° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)29.79° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 3/30)
🪷 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 (24.0928°) · declination -7.58° · EoT -13.04 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:2017-03-01 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)