पञ्चाङ्ग — Surat, Gujarat · December 25, 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 15.13 · Chapter 15 · पुरुषोत्तमयोग · Puruṣottama-Yoga
गामाविश्य च भूतानि धारयाम्यहमोजसा।पुष्णामि चौषधीः सर्वाः सोमो भूत्वा रसात्मकः।।15.13।।
"15.13 1 enter this world and animate all My creatures with My vitality; and by My cool moonbeams I nourish the plants." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 15.13's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa 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)Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā (17/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Punarvasu Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya249.01°DhanuMūla P3
चन्द्र Candra82.96°MithunaPunarvasu P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala134.20°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
बुध Budha244.26°DhanuMūla P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati122.34°SiṃhaMaghā P1
शुक्र Śukra202.08°TulāViśākhā P1
शनि Śani343.94°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:14 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:05 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:39 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:56 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:14 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 50 Mins 43 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 09 Mins 17 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:47 – 06:30
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:20 – 07:14
Abhijit Muhūrta12:17 – 13:01
Vijaya Muhūrta14:28 – 15:11
Godhūli Muhūrta17:53 – 18:17
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:05 – 18:32
Amṛta Kāla17:50 – 19:35
Niśīta Muhūrta00:17 – 01:01

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:18 – 12:39
Yamaganda15:22 – 16:43
Gulika Kāla08:35 – 09:56
Varjyam07:41 – 07:58
Dur Muhūrta 09:46 – 10:07

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala07:14 – 08:35 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:35 – 09:56 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:56 – 11:18 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:18 – 12:39 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:39 – 14:01 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:01 – 15:22 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:22 – 16:43 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:43 – 18:05 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:05 – 19:43 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:43 – 21:22 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:22 – 23:01 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:01 – 00:39 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:39 – 02:18 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:18 – 03:56 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:56 – 05:35 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:35 – 07:14 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5128
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872934.27
Julian Day2461399.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2299°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)192.40°
🪷 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 (24.2299°), declination -23.40°, EoT -0.49 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: 2026-12-25 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)