पञ्चाङ्ग — Surat, Gujarat · December 10, 2017 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.19 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
य एनं वेत्ति हन्तारं यश्चैनं मन्यते हतम्।

उभौ तौ न विजानीतो नायं हन्ति न हन्यते।।2.19।।
"2.19 He who thinks that the Spirit kills, and he who thinks of It as killed, are both ignorant. The Spirit kills not, nor is It killed." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.19's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Saptamī (22/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya234.06°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
चन्द्र Candra140.55°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala186.01°TulāCitrā P4
बुध Budha240.96°DhanuMūla P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati198.54°TulāSvātī P4
शुक्र Śukra226.56°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
शनि Śani244.55°DhanuMūla P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:06 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:58 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:32 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)00:06 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:30 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 52 Mins 30 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 07 Mins 30 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:39 – 06:22
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:12 – 07:06
Abhijit Muhūrta12:10 – 12:54
Vijaya Muhūrta14:21 – 15:04
Godhūli Muhūrta17:46 – 18:10
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:58 – 18:26
Amṛta Kāla17:43 – 19:28
Niśīta Muhūrta00:10 – 00:54

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:37 – 17:58
Yamaganda12:32 – 13:54
Gulika Kāla15:15 – 16:37
Varjyam07:33 – 07:51
Dur Muhūrta 09:38 – 10:00

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:06 – 08:28 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:28 – 09:49 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:49 – 11:11 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:11 – 12:32 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:32 – 13:54 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:54 – 15:15 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:15 – 16:37 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:37 – 17:58 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:58 – 19:37 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:37 – 21:15 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:15 – 22:54 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:54 – 00:32 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:32 – 02:11 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:11 – 03:49 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:49 – 05:28 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:28 – 07:06 (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 Time

Kali Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869632.27
Julian Day2458097.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1036°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)263.19°
🪷 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 (24.1036°), declination -22.91°, EoT 6.43 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: 2017-12-10 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)