पञ्चाङ्ग — Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu · February 20, 2017 CE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 12.5 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
क्लेशोऽधिकतरस्तेषामव्यक्तासक्तचेतसाम्।

अव्यक्ता हि गतिर्दुःखं देहवद्भिरवाप्यते।।12.5।।
"12.5 But they who thus fix their attention on the Absolute and Impersonal encounter greater hardships, for it is difficult for those who possess a body to realise Me as without one." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.5's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Navamī (24/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Jyeṣṭhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya307.50°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
चन्द्र Candra230.79°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala352.55°MīnaRevatī P2
बुध Budha295.59°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati178.27°KanyāCitrā P2
शुक्र Śukra346.04°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
शनि Śani241.88°DhanuMūla P1

Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:42 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:31 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:36 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)01:46 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:14 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 49 Mins 43 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 10 Mins 17 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:07 – 05:54
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:42 – 06:42
Abhijit Muhūrta12:13 – 13:00
Vijaya Muhūrta14:35 – 15:22
Godhūli Muhūrta18:19 – 18:43
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:31 – 19:01
Amṛta Kāla18:16 – 20:01
Niśīta Muhūrta00:13 – 01:00

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:10 – 09:39
Yamaganda11:08 – 12:36
Gulika Kāla14:05 – 15:34
Varjyam07:11 – 07:30
Dur Muhūrta 09:27 – 09:51

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mausala (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 · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:42 – 08:10 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:10 – 09:39 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:39 – 11:08 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga11:08 – 12:36 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:36 – 14:05 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala14:05 – 15:34 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:34 – 17:03 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta17:03 – 18:31 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala18:31 – 20:03 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha20:03 – 21:34 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:34 – 23:05 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla23:05 – 00:36 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:36 – 02:08 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga02:08 – 03:39 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:39 – 05:10 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:10 – 06:42 (neutral)

Coordinates

Latitude: 11.0168°
Longitude: 76.9558°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

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

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Navamī + Jyeṣṭhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Jyeṣṭhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869339.27
Julian Day2457804.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0924°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)283.36°
🪷 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 (24.0924°), declination -10.91°, EoT -14.28 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: 2017-02-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)