पञ्चाङ्ग — Surat, Gujarat · February 23, 2018 CE

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 3.22 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga

न मे पार्थास्ति कर्तव्यं त्रिषु लोकेषु किञ्चन।

नानवाप्तमवाप्तव्यं वर्त एव च कर्मणि।।3.22।।

"3.22 There is nothing in this universe, O Arjuna, that I am compelled to do, nor anything for Me to attain; yet I am persistently active." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 3.22's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt

Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī

Bengali Saṁvat: 1425

Malayalam Era: 1194

Nanakshahi: 549

Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)

Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Kṛttikā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)	Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)	Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)	Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	310.26°	Kumbha	Śatabhiṣā P2
चन्द्र Candra	36.35°	Vṛṣabha	Kṛttikā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala	232.31°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P2
बुध Budha	314.60°	Kumbha	Śatabhiṣā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati	208.60°	Tulā	Viśākhā P3
शुक्र Śukra	320.77°	Kumbha	Pūrva Bhādrapadā P1
शनि Śani	252.61°	Dhanu	Mūla P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	07:05 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	18:41 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:53 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	12:01 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	01:13 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	11 Hours 36 Mins 14 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	12 Hours 23 Mins 46 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	05:32 – 06:18
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	06:07 – 07:05
Abhijit Muhūrta	12:29 – 13:16
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:49 – 15:35
Godhūli Muhūrta	18:29 – 18:53
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	18:41 – 19:10
Amṛta Kāla	18:26 – 20:11
Niśīta Muhūrta	00:29 – 01:16

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	11:26 – 12:53
Yamaganda	15:47 – 17:14
Gulika Kāla	08:32 – 09:59
Varjyam	07:34 – 07:52
Dur Muhūrta	09:47 – 10:10

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)

Candra Vāsa: South-East

Rāhu Vāsa: South-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala	07:05 – 08:32 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha	08:32 – 09:59 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta	09:59 – 11:26 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla	11:26 – 12:53 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha	12:53 – 14:20 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga	14:20 – 15:47 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg	15:47 – 17:14 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala	17:14 – 18:41 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga	18:41 – 20:14 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg	20:14 – 21:47 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala	21:47 – 23:20 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha	23:20 – 00:53 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta	00:53 – 02:26 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla	02:26 – 03:59 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha	03:59 – 05:32 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga	05:32 – 07:05 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 21.1702°

Longitude: 72.8311°

Timezone: UTC+5.5

Elevation: 13 m

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Śukra Walk (शुक्र यात्रा)

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Kṛttikā alignment also occurred on:

-3137-12-25 — Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī + Kṛttikā)

-3137-10-04 — Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Kṛttikā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1869707.27
Julian Day	2458172.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1065°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	88.32°

🪷 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 (24.1065°), declination -9.91°, EoT -13.97 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: 2018-02-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)