पञ्चाङ्ग — Surat, Gujarat · December 20, 2018 CE

🪷 आज: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.27 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
वक्त्राणि ते त्वरमाणा विशन्ति

दंष्ट्राकरालानि भयानकानि।

केचिद्विलग्ना दशनान्तरेषु

संदृश्यन्ते चूर्णितैरुत्तमाङ्गैः।।11.27।।
"11.27 1 see them all rushing headlong into Thy mouths, with terrible tusks, horrible to behold. Some are mangled between thy jaws, with their heads crushed to atoms." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.27's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Kṛttikā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya243.97°DhanuMūla P2
चन्द्र Candra27.95°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala327.54°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3
बुध Budha222.94°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati225.05°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
शुक्र Śukra198.01°TulāSvātī P4
शनि Śani255.75°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:12 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:02 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:37 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:41 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:45 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 50 Mins 37 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 09 Mins 23 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:45 – 06:28
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:17 – 07:12
Abhijit Muhūrta12:15 – 12:59
Vijaya Muhūrta14:25 – 15:09
Godhūli Muhūrta17:50 – 18:14
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:02 – 18:29
Amṛta Kāla17:47 – 19:32
Niśīta Muhūrta00:15 – 00:59

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:58 – 15:19
Yamaganda07:12 – 08:33
Gulika Kāla09:54 – 11:15
Varjyam07:39 – 07:56
Dur Muhūrta 09:43 – 10:05

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

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):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha07:12 – 08:33 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:33 – 09:54 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:54 – 11:15 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:15 – 12:37 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:37 – 13:58 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:58 – 15:19 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:19 – 16:41 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:41 – 18:02 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:02 – 19:41 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:41 – 21:19 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:19 – 22:58 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:58 – 00:37 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:37 – 02:15 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:15 – 03:54 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:54 – 05:33 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:33 – 07:12 (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 Śukla Trayodaśī + Kṛttikā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Kṛttikā)
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Kṛttikā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870007.27
Julian Day2458472.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1180°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)144.39°
🪷 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 (24.1180°), declination -23.42°, EoT 1.85 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: 2018-12-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)