पञ्चाङ्ग — Surat, Gujarat · December 29, 2030 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 18.4 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
निश्चयं श्रृणु मे तत्र त्यागे भरतसत्तम।त्यागो हि पुरुषव्याघ्र त्रिविधः संप्रकीर्तितः।।18.4।।
"18.4 O best of Indians! Listen to my judgment as regards this problem. It has a threefold aspect." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.4's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2087 Rudhirodgāri
Śaka Saṁvat: 1952 Sādhāraṇa
Bengali Saṁvat: 1437
Malayalam Era: 1206
Nanakshahi: 561
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pañcamī (5/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Siddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya253.06°DhanuMūla P4
चन्द्र Candra312.17°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala176.20°KanyāCitrā P1
बुध Budha231.43°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati230.52°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
शुक्र Śukra269.64°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शनि Śani38.67°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:15 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:07 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:41 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:49 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:26 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 51 Mins 19 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 08 Mins 41 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:49 – 06:32
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:21 – 07:15
Abhijit Muhūrta12:19 – 13:03
Vijaya Muhūrta14:30 – 15:13
Godhūli Muhūrta17:55 – 18:19
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:07 – 18:34
Amṛta Kāla17:52 – 19:37
Niśīta Muhūrta00:19 – 01:03

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:45 – 18:07
Yamaganda12:41 – 14:02
Gulika Kāla15:24 – 16:45
Varjyam07:43 – 08:00
Dur Muhūrta 09:47 – 10:09

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mātaṇga (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 · 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 Udveg07:15 – 08:37 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:37 – 09:58 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:58 – 11:20 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:20 – 12:41 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:41 – 14:02 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:02 – 15:24 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:24 – 16:45 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:45 – 18:07 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:07 – 19:45 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:45 – 21:24 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:24 – 23:02 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:02 – 00:41 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:41 – 02:20 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:20 – 03:58 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:58 – 05:37 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:37 – 07:15 (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 Year5132
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1874399.27
Julian Day2462864.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2859°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)56.56°
🪷 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 (24.2859°), declination -23.23°, EoT -2.35 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: 2030-12-29 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)