पञ्चाङ्ग — Surat, Gujarat · January 7, 2022 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 3.34 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
इन्द्रियस्येन्द्रियस्यार्थे रागद्वेषौ व्यवस्थितौ।

तयोर्न वशमागच्छेत्तौ ह्यस्य परिपन्थिनौ।।3.34।।
"3.34 The love and hate which are aroused by the objects of sense arise from Nature; do not yield to them. They only obstruct the path." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.34's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2079 Rākṣasa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1944 Śubhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1429
Malayalam Era: 1198
Nanakshahi: 553
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pañcamī (5/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya262.55°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra320.12°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala232.96°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
बुध Budha281.50°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati307.58°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
शुक्र Śukra265.39°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शनि Śani288.45°MakaraŚravaṇa P3

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)10:42 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:28 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 54 Mins 22 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 05 Mins 38 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 Kāla11:23 – 12:45
Yamaganda15:29 – 16:50
Gulika Kāla08:40 – 10:01
Varjyam07:45 – 08:02
Dur Muhūrta 09:50 – 10:12

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala07:18 – 08:40 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:40 – 10:01 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta10:01 – 11:23 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:23 – 12:45 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:45 – 14:07 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:07 – 15:29 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:29 – 16:50 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:50 – 18:12 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:12 – 19:50 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:50 – 21:29 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:29 – 23:07 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:07 – 00:45 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:45 – 02:23 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:23 – 04:01 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha04:01 – 05:40 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:40 – 07:18 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5123
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871121.27
Julian Day2459586.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1606°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)55.61°
🪷 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 (24.1606°), declination -22.39°, 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: 2022-01-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)