पञ्चाङ्ग — Surat, Gujarat · April 20, 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: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 14.9 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
सत्त्वं सुखे सञ्जयति रजः कर्मणि भारत।ज्ञानमावृत्य तु तमः प्रमादे सञ्जयत्युत।।14.9।।
"14.9 Purity brings happiness, Passion commotion, and Ignorance, which obscures wisdom, leads to a life of failure." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.9's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Navamī (24/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya6.07°MeṣaAśvinī P2
चन्द्र Candra283.25°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala34.70°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
बुध Budha6.36°MeṣaAśvinī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati172.19°KanyāHasta P4
शुक्र Śukra332.99°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
शनि Śani243.37°DhanuMūla P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:16 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:59 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:38 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)01:33 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:39 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 43 Mins 34 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 16 Mins 26 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:34 – 05:25
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:12 – 06:16
Abhijit Muhūrta12:12 – 13:03
Vijaya Muhūrta14:45 – 15:36
Godhūli Muhūrta18:47 – 19:11
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:59 – 19:31
Amṛta Kāla18:44 – 20:29
Niśīta Muhūrta00:12 – 01:03

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:13 – 15:49
Yamaganda06:16 – 07:51
Gulika Kāla09:27 – 11:02
Varjyam06:48 – 07:08
Dur Muhūrta 09:14 – 09:40

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mudgara (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
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 · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:16 – 07:51 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:51 – 09:27 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:27 – 11:02 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:02 – 12:38 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:38 – 14:13 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta14:13 – 15:49 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:49 – 17:24 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:24 – 18:59 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:59 – 20:24 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:24 – 21:49 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:49 – 23:13 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga23:13 – 00:38 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:38 – 02:02 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:02 – 03:27 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:27 – 04:51 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:51 – 06:16 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 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 Year5119 · Kali-5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869398.27 · 5118.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457863.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0947° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)279.85° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 24/30)
🪷 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 (24.0947°) · declination 11.53° · EoT 0.97 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:2017-04-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)