पञ्चाङ्ग — Surat, Gujarat · September 6, 2018 CE

🪷 आज: इन्दिरा एकादशी — Indirā Ekādaśī
Falls in Pitṛ Pakṣa; liberates ancestors from naraka.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.26 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
शुक्लकृष्णे गती ह्येते जगतः शाश्वते मते।

एकया यात्यनावृत्तिमन्ययाऽऽवर्तते पुनः।।8.26।।
"8.26 These bright and dark paths out of the world have always existed. Whoso takes the former, returns not; he who chooses the latter, returns.*" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.26's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Punarvasu Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya139.31°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
चन्द्र Candra87.96°MithunaPunarvasu P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala274.84°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
बुध Budha125.56°SiṃhaMaghā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati203.68°TulāViśākhā P2
शुक्र Śukra183.21°TulāCitrā P3
शनि Śani248.32°DhanuMūla P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:23 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:50 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:36 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:33 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:49 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 27 Mins 29 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 32 Mins 31 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:43 – 05:33
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:20 – 06:23
Abhijit Muhūrta12:12 – 13:01
Vijaya Muhūrta14:41 – 15:31
Godhūli Muhūrta18:38 – 19:02
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:50 – 19:21
Amṛta Kāla18:35 – 20:20
Niśīta Muhūrta00:12 – 01:01

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:10 – 15:43
Yamaganda06:23 – 07:56
Gulika Kāla09:30 – 11:03
Varjyam06:54 – 07:14
Dur Muhūrta 09:17 – 09:42

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:23 – 07:56 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:56 – 09:30 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:30 – 11:03 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:03 – 12:36 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:36 – 14:10 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta14:10 – 15:43 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:43 – 17:17 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:17 – 18:50 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:50 – 20:17 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:17 – 21:43 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:43 – 23:10 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga23:10 – 00:36 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:36 – 02:03 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:03 – 03:30 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:30 – 04:56 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:56 – 06:23 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869902.27
Julian Day2458367.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1139°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)311.27°
🪷 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 (24.1139°), declination 6.52°, EoT 2.20 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: 2018-09-06 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)