पञ्चाङ्ग — Surat, Gujarat · March 5, 2023 CE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 16.4 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga
दम्भो दर्पोऽभिमानश्च क्रोधः पारुष्यमेव च।अज्ञानं चाभिजातस्य पार्थ सम्पदमासुरीम्।।16.4।।
"16.4 Hypocrisy, pride, insolence, cruelty, ignorance belong to him who is born of the godless qualities." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 16.4's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2080 Nala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1945 Śobhana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1430
Malayalam Era: 1199
Nanakshahi: 554
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya320.02°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
चन्द्र Candra112.52°KarkaAśleṣā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala56.29°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P1
बुध Budha309.11°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati348.63°MīnaRevatī P1
शुक्र Śukra351.08°MīnaRevatī P2
शनि Śani305.61°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:57 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:45 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:51 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:33 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:29 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 47 Mins 51 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 12 Mins 09 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:23 – 06:10
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:58 – 06:57
Abhijit Muhūrta12:27 – 13:15
Vijaya Muhūrta14:49 – 15:36
Godhūli Muhūrta18:33 – 18:57
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:45 – 19:14
Amṛta Kāla18:30 – 20:15
Niśīta Muhūrta00:27 – 01:15

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla17:16 – 18:45
Yamaganda12:51 – 14:19
Gulika Kāla15:48 – 17:16
Varjyam07:26 – 07:45
Dur Muhūrta 09:42 – 10:06

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Vajra (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:57 – 08:25 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:25 – 09:54 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:54 – 11:22 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:22 – 12:51 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:51 – 14:19 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:19 – 15:48 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:48 – 17:16 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg17:16 – 18:45 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:45 – 20:16 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga20:16 – 21:48 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:48 – 23:19 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:19 – 00:51 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:51 – 02:22 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:22 – 03:54 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:54 – 05:25 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:25 – 06:57 (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 Time

Kali Year5124
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871543.27
Julian Day2460008.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1767°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)151.24°
🪷 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 (24.1767°), declination -6.22°, EoT -12.23 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: 2023-03-05 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)