पञ्चाङ्ग — Surat, Gujarat · July 7, 2018 CE

🪷 आज: मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mithuna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Gemini.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.42 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
अथवा योगिनामेव कुले भवति धीमताम्।

एतद्धि दुर्लभतरं लोके जन्म यदीदृशम्।।6.42।।
"6.42 Or, he may be born in the family of the wise sages, though a birth like this is, indeed, very difficult to obtain." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.42's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Navamī (24/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Aśvinī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya80.80°MithunaPunarvasu P1
चन्द्र Candra359.39°MīnaRevatī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala284.20°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
बुध Budha106.37°KarkaPuṣya P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati199.13°TulāSvātī P4
शुक्र Śukra122.20°SiṃhaMaghā P1
शनि Śani250.93°DhanuMūla P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:02 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:24 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:43 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)01:01 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:34 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 22 Mins 05 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 37 Mins 55 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:15 – 05:09
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:55 – 06:02
Abhijit Muhūrta12:16 – 13:10
Vijaya Muhūrta14:57 – 15:50
Godhūli Muhūrta19:12 – 19:36
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:24 – 19:58
Amṛta Kāla19:09 – 20:54
Niśīta Muhūrta00:16 – 01:10

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:23 – 11:03
Yamaganda14:23 – 16:04
Gulika Kāla06:02 – 07:42
Varjyam06:36 – 06:57
Dur Muhūrta 09:09 – 09:36

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Rākṣasa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:02 – 07:42 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:42 – 09:23 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:23 – 11:03 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg11:03 – 12:43 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:43 – 14:23 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha14:23 – 16:04 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta16:04 – 17:44 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:44 – 19:24 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha19:24 – 20:44 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:44 – 22:04 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla22:04 – 23:23 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha23:23 – 00:43 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:43 – 02:03 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg02:03 – 03:23 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:23 – 04:42 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:42 – 06:02 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Navamī + Aśvinī alignment also occurred on:
-3101-02-18Kali Yuga Epoch (same Aśvinī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869841.27
Julian Day2458306.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1116°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)282.13°
🪷 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 (24.1116°), declination 22.60°, EoT -4.52 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: 2018-07-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)