पञ्चाङ्ग — Surat, Gujarat · April 11, 2018 CE

🪷 आज: मीन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mīna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Pisces; Mīna-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 4.26 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
श्रोत्रादीनीन्द्रियाण्यन्ये संयमाग्निषु जुह्वति।

शब्दादीन्विषयानन्य इन्द्रियाग्निषु जुह्वति।।4.26।।
"4.26 Some sacrifice their physical senses in the fire of self-control; others offer up their contact with external objects in the sacrificial fire of their senses." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.26's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Daśamī (25/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya357.00°MīnaRevatī P4
चन्द्र Candra296.90°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala259.10°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
बुध Budha341.38°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati207.31°TulāViśākhā P3
शुक्र Śukra18.98°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
शनि Śani254.87°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:24 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:56 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:40 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:00 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:19 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 32 Mins 57 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 27 Mins 03 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:43 – 05:33
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:21 – 06:24
Abhijit Muhūrta12:15 – 13:05
Vijaya Muhūrta14:45 – 15:36
Godhūli Muhūrta18:44 – 19:08
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:56 – 19:28
Amṛta Kāla18:41 – 20:26
Niśīta Muhūrta00:15 – 01:05

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:40 – 14:14
Yamaganda07:58 – 09:32
Gulika Kāla11:06 – 12:40
Varjyam06:55 – 07:15
Dur Muhūrta 09:19 – 09:44

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:24 – 07:58 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:58 – 09:32 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:32 – 11:06 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:06 – 12:40 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:40 – 14:14 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg14:14 – 15:48 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:48 – 17:22 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:22 – 18:56 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:56 – 20:22 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:22 – 21:48 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:48 – 23:14 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta23:14 – 00:40 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:40 – 02:06 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:06 – 03:32 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:32 – 04:58 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:58 – 06:24 (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

Kali Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869754.27
Julian Day2458219.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1083°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)299.76°
🪷 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 (24.1083°), declination 8.24°, EoT -1.32 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: 2018-04-11 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)