पञ्चाङ्ग — Surat, Gujarat · December 22, 2024 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 14.8 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
तमस्त्वज्ञानजं विद्धि मोहनं सर्वदेहिनाम्।प्रमादालस्यनिद्राभिस्तन्निबध्नाति भारत।।14.8।।
"14.8 But Ignorance, the product of darkness, stupefies the senses in all embodied beings, binding them by chains of folly, indolence and lethargy." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2081 Piṅgala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1946 Krodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1431
Malayalam Era: 1200
Nanakshahi: 555
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Saptamī (22/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya246.48°DhanuMūla P2
चन्द्र Candra146.86°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala100.05°KarkaPuṣya P3
बुध Budha224.38°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati50.14°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
शुक्र Śukra292.27°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
शनि Śani319.74°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:12 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:03 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:38 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:51 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:07 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 50 Mins 35 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 09 Mins 25 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:46 – 06:29
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:18 – 07:12
Abhijit Muhūrta12:16 – 12:59
Vijaya Muhūrta14:26 – 15:10
Godhūli Muhūrta17:51 – 18:15
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:03 – 18:30
Amṛta Kāla17:48 – 19:33
Niśīta Muhūrta00:16 – 00:59

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:42 – 18:03
Yamaganda12:38 – 13:59
Gulika Kāla15:20 – 16:42
Varjyam07:40 – 07:57
Dur Muhūrta 09:44 – 10:06

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
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):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:12 – 08:34 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:34 – 09:55 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:55 – 11:16 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:16 – 12:38 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:38 – 13:59 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:59 – 15:20 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:20 – 16:42 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:42 – 18:03 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:03 – 19:42 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:42 – 21:20 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:20 – 22:59 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:59 – 00:38 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:38 – 02:16 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:16 – 03:55 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:55 – 05:34 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:34 – 07:12 (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 Year5126
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872201.27
Julian Day2460666.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2019°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)260.16°
🪷 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 (24.2019°), declination -23.43°, EoT 0.91 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: 2024-12-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)