पञ्चाङ्ग — Surat, Gujarat · December 21, 2026 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 15.9 · Chapter 15 · पुरुषोत्तमयोग · Puruṣottama-Yoga
श्रोत्रं चक्षुः स्पर्शनं च रसनं घ्राणमेव च।अधिष्ठाय मनश्चायं विषयानुपसेवते।।15.9।।
"15.9 He is the perception of the ear, the eye, the touch, the taste and the smell, yea and of the mind also; and the enjoyment the things which they perceive is also His." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 15.9's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2083 Siddhārthī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1948 Parābhava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1433
Malayalam Era: 1202
Nanakshahi: 557
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya244.94°DhanuMūla P2
चन्द्र Candra22.57°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala133.38°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
बुध Budha237.97°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati122.47°SiṃhaMaghā P1
शुक्र Śukra198.41°TulāSvātī P4
शनि Śani343.85°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:12 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:03 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:37 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:18 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:17 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 50 Mins 35 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 09 Mins 25 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:45 – 06:29
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:18 – 07:12
Abhijit Muhūrta12:16 – 12:59
Vijaya Muhūrta14:26 – 15:09
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 Kāla08:33 – 09:55
Yamaganda11:16 – 12:37
Gulika Kāla13:59 – 15:20
Varjyam07:39 – 07:56
Dur Muhūrta 09:44 – 10:05

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
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):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta07:12 – 08:33 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:33 – 09:55 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:55 – 11:16 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga11:16 – 12:37 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:37 – 13:59 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:59 – 15:20 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:20 – 16:41 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:41 – 18:03 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala18:03 – 19:41 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:41 – 21:20 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:20 – 22:59 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:59 – 00:37 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:37 – 02:16 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga02:16 – 03:55 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:55 – 05:33 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:33 – 07:12 (neutral)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5128
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872930.27
Julian Day2461395.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2298°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)139.55°
🪷 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 (24.2298°), declination -23.43°, EoT 1.38 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: 2026-12-21 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)