पञ्चाङ्ग — Surat, Gujarat · May 19, 2017 CE

🪷 आज: वृषभ सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛṣabha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Taurus.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 15.11 · Chapter 15 · पुरुषोत्तमयोग · Puruṣottama-Yoga
यतन्तो योगिनश्चैनं पश्यन्त्यात्मन्यवस्थितम्।यतन्तोऽप्यकृतात्मानो नैनं पश्यन्त्यचेतसः।।15.11।।
"15.11 The saints with great effort find Him within themselves; but not the unintelligent, who in spite of every effort cannot control their minds." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 15.11's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Jyeṣṭha (Jyeṣṭha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Vṛṣabha (Vaikāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya34.18°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
चन्द्र Candra304.51°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala54.53°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P1
बुध Budha8.21°MeṣaAśvinī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati169.40°KanyāHasta P3
शुक्र Śukra349.08°MīnaRevatī P1
शनि Śani242.14°DhanuMūla P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:59 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:11 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:35 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)00:53 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:20 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 11 Mins 42 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 48 Mins 18 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:14 – 05:06
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:53 – 05:59
Abhijit Muhūrta12:09 – 13:01
Vijaya Muhūrta14:47 – 15:40
Godhūli Muhūrta18:59 – 19:23
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:11 – 19:44
Amṛta Kāla18:56 – 20:41
Niśīta Muhūrta00:09 – 01:01

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:56 – 12:35
Yamaganda15:53 – 17:32
Gulika Kāla07:38 – 09:17
Varjyam06:32 – 06:53
Dur Muhūrta 09:04 – 09:30

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:59 – 07:38 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:38 – 09:17 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:17 – 10:56 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:56 – 12:35 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:35 – 14:14 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:14 – 15:53 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:53 – 17:32 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:32 – 19:11 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga19:11 – 20:32 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:32 – 21:53 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:53 – 23:14 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:14 – 00:35 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:35 – 01:56 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:56 – 03:17 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:17 – 04:38 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:38 – 05:59 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Śatabhiṣā alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869427.27
Julian Day2457892.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0958°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)273.90°
🪷 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 (24.0958°), declination 19.77°, EoT 3.65 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: 2017-05-19 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)