पञ्चाङ्ग — Surat, Gujarat · September 15, 2018 CE

🪷 आज: सुब्रह्मण्य षष्ठी — Subrahmaṇya Ṣaṣṭhī
Worship of Kārttikeya as Subrahmaṇya.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 9.7 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
सर्वभूतानि कौन्तेय प्रकृतिं यान्ति मामिकाम्।

कल्पक्षये पुनस्तानि कल्पादौ विसृजाम्यहम्।।9.7।।
"9.7 All beings, O Arjuna, return at the close of every cosmic cycle into the realm of Nature, which is a part of Me, and at the beginning of the next I send them forth again." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.7's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla 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)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Anurādhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya148.05°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
चन्द्र Candra216.04°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala276.48°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
बुध Budha142.41°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati205.08°TulāViśākhā P2
शुक्र Śukra189.47°TulāSvātī P1
शनि Śani248.38°DhanuMūla P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:25 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:42 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:33 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:35 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:35 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 16 Mins 48 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 43 Mins 12 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:47 – 05:36
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:23 – 06:25
Abhijit Muhūrta12:09 – 12:58
Vijaya Muhūrta14:36 – 15:25
Godhūli Muhūrta18:30 – 18:54
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:42 – 19:12
Amṛta Kāla18:27 – 20:12
Niśīta Muhūrta00:09 – 00:58

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:29 – 11:01
Yamaganda14:05 – 15:37
Gulika Kāla06:25 – 07:57
Varjyam06:55 – 07:15
Dur Muhūrta 09:17 – 09:41

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (Auspicious)
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 · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:25 – 07:57 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:57 – 09:29 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:29 – 11:01 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg11:01 – 12:33 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:33 – 14:05 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha14:05 – 15:37 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:37 – 17:09 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:09 – 18:42 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:42 – 20:09 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:09 – 21:37 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:37 – 23:05 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha23:05 – 00:33 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:33 – 02:01 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg02:01 – 03:29 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:29 – 04:57 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:57 – 06:25 (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 Time

Kali Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869911.27
Julian Day2458376.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1143°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)67.12°
🪷 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 (24.1143°), declination 3.11°, EoT 5.50 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: 2018-09-15 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)