पञ्चाङ्ग — Surat, Gujarat · January 7, 2020 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 3.4 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
न कर्मणामनारम्भान्नैष्कर्म्यं पुरुषोऽश्नुते।

न च संन्यसनादेव सिद्धिं समधिगच्छति।।3.4।।
"3.4 No man can attain freedom from activity by refraining from action; nor can he reach perfection by merely refusing to act." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.4's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2077 Pramādī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1942 Śārvarī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1427
Malayalam Era: 1196
Nanakshahi: 551
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Kṛttikā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya262.05°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra35.16°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala218.06°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
बुध Budha259.64°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati253.95°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra297.38°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
शनि Śani267.92°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:18 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:12 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:45 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:02 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:13 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 54 Mins 08 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 05 Mins 52 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:51 – 06:34
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:23 – 07:18
Abhijit Muhūrta12:23 – 13:07
Vijaya Muhūrta14:34 – 15:18
Godhūli Muhūrta18:00 – 18:24
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:12 – 18:39
Amṛta Kāla17:57 – 19:42
Niśīta Muhūrta00:23 – 01:07

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:29 – 16:50
Yamaganda10:01 – 11:23
Gulika Kāla12:45 – 14:07
Varjyam07:45 – 08:03
Dur Muhūrta 09:51 – 10:12

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
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):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga07:18 – 08:40 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:40 – 10:01 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala10:01 – 11:23 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:23 – 12:45 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:45 – 14:07 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla14:07 – 15:29 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:29 – 16:50 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:50 – 18:12 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:12 – 19:50 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:50 – 21:29 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:29 – 23:07 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg23:07 – 00:45 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:45 – 02:23 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:23 – 04:01 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta04:01 – 05:40 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:40 – 07:18 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Dvādaśī + 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 Year5121
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870390.27
Julian Day2458855.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1326°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)133.24°
🪷 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 (24.1326°), declination -22.46°, EoT -6.29 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: 2020-01-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)