पञ्चाङ्ग — Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu · December 27, 2018 CE

🕉️ Sapta-Mokṣa-Puri · Localize for your Pīṭha
अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 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 11.34 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
द्रोणं च भीष्मं च जयद्रथं च

कर्णं तथाऽन्यानपि योधवीरान्।

मया हतांस्त्वं जहि मा व्यथिष्ठा

युध्यस्व जेतासि रणे सपत्नान्।।11.34।।
"11.34 Drona and Bheeshma, Jayadratha and Karna, and other brave warriors - I have condemned them all. Destroy them; fight and fear not. Thy foes shall be crushed."" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.34's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pañcamī (20/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Prīti
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya251.10°DhanuMūla P4
चन्द्र Candra130.28°SiṃhaMaghā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala332.21°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
बुध Budha232.28°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati226.56°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
शुक्र Śukra204.30°TulāViśākhā P2
शनि Śani256.57°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:39 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:08 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:24 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:10 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:31 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 28 Mins 53 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 31 Mins 07 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:07 – 05:53
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:42 – 06:39
Abhijit Muhūrta12:01 – 12:47
Vijaya Muhūrta14:18 – 15:04
Godhūli Muhūrta17:56 – 18:20
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:08 – 18:37
Amṛta Kāla17:53 – 19:38
Niśīta Muhūrta00:01 – 00:47

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:50 – 15:16
Yamaganda06:39 – 08:05
Gulika Kāla09:31 – 10:57
Varjyam07:08 – 07:26
Dur Muhūrta 09:20 – 09:43

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (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):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:39 – 08:05 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:05 – 09:31 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:31 – 10:57 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:57 – 12:24 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:24 – 13:50 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:50 – 15:16 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:16 – 16:42 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:42 – 18:08 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:08 – 19:42 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:42 – 21:16 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:16 – 22:50 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:50 – 00:24 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:24 – 01:57 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:57 – 03:31 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:31 – 05:05 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:05 – 06:39 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 Cosmic Time — Where This Moment Sits in the Mahāyuga

These five values anchor today within the Sūrya-Siddhānta time-architecture. Kali Year counts from the Kali-epoch (18 Feb 3102 BCE · midnight Ujjain · when Krishna's mortal-form departed). Ahargaṇa is the day-count since that epoch — the canonical time-coordinate used by every Vedic computation on this substrate. Julian Day is the astronomical universal day-number (continuous · no calendar discontinuities). Ayanāṁśa is the angular offset between sidereal (rāśi-based · the Vedic frame) and tropical (equinox-based) coordinates · currently growing at ~50.29″/year as Earth's axis precesses. Sun-Moon angle determines the tithi (0-360° elongation / 12° per tithi).

Kali Year5120 · Kali-5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870014.27 · 5119.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2458479.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.1182° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)236.02° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 20/30)
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate:Vidhyamitra Sūrya-SiddhāntaMethod:Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equationTier-2 localization:spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanāṁśa (24.1182°) · declination -23.33° · EoT -1.42 min · verified ±1 min vs DrikpanchangLineage:Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Maitreya → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara I → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Jyeṣṭhadeva → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrateAccess:Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed (the bhakta's sole niṣkāma-karma-sevā)Computed for:2018-12-27 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)