पञ्चाङ्ग — Surat, Gujarat · December 27, 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 12.9 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
अथ चित्तं समाधातुं न शक्नोषि मयि स्थिरम्।अभ्यासयोगेन ततो मामिच्छाप्तुं धनञ्जय।।12.9।।
"12.9 But if thou canst not fix thy mind firmly on Me, then, My beloved friend, try to do so by constant practice." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.9'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)Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya251.60°DhanuMūla P4
चन्द्र Candra36.60°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala0.85°MeṣaAśvinī P1
बुध Budha255.30°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati277.52°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
शुक्र Śukra229.78°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
शनि Śani276.92°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:15 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:06 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:40 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:44 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:56 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 51 Mins 02 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 08 Mins 58 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:48 – 06:31
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:20 – 07:15
Abhijit Muhūrta12:18 – 13:02
Vijaya Muhūrta14:29 – 15:12
Godhūli Muhūrta17:54 – 18:18
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:06 – 18:33
Amṛta Kāla17:51 – 19:36
Niśīta Muhūrta00:18 – 01:02

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:44 – 18:06
Yamaganda12:40 – 14:01
Gulika Kāla15:23 – 16:44
Varjyam07:42 – 07:59
Dur Muhūrta 09:46 – 10:08

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (Inauspicious)
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 Udveg07:15 – 08:36 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:36 – 09:57 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:57 – 11:19 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:19 – 12:40 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:40 – 14:01 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:01 – 15:23 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:23 – 16:44 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:44 – 18:06 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:06 – 19:44 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:44 – 21:23 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:23 – 23:01 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:01 – 00:40 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:40 – 02:19 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:19 – 03:57 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:57 – 05:36 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:36 – 07:15 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 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 Year5122
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870745.27
Julian Day2459210.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1462°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)143.70°
🪷 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 (24.1462°), declination -23.31°, EoT -1.42 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: 2020-12-27 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)