पञ्चाङ्ग — Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu · January 21, 2023 CE

Also observed today

पोङ्गल · Pongal / Thai PongalRegional

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 14.8 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga

तमस्त्वज्ञानजं विद्धि मोहनं सर्वदेहिनाम्।प्रमादालस्यनिद्राभिस्तन्निबध्नाति भारत।।14.8।।

"14.8 But Ignorance, the product of darkness, stupefies the senses in all embodied beings, binding them by chains of folly, indolence and lethargy." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 14.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2080 Nala

Śaka Saṁvat: 1945 Śobhana

Bengali Saṁvat: 1430

Malayalam Era: 1199

Nanakshahi: 554

Solar Month: Makara (Tai)

Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā (30/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)	Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)	Catuṣpāda
वार (Vāra)	Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	276.54°	Makara	Uttara Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra	264.65°	Dhanu	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala	44.08°	Vṛṣabha	Rohiṇī P2
बुध Budha	253.94°	Dhanu	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati	339.94°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P2
शुक्र Śukra	297.97°	Makara	Dhaniṣṭhā P2
शनि Śani	300.48°	Kumbha	Dhaniṣṭhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	06:46 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	18:21 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:33 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	06:01 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	17:30 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	11 Hours 34 Mins 45 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	12 Hours 25 Mins 15 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	05:13 – 06:00
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	05:48 – 06:46
Abhijit Muhūrta	12:10 – 12:57
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:29 – 15:16
Godhūli Muhūrta	18:09 – 18:33
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	18:21 – 18:50
Amṛta Kāla	18:06 – 19:51
Niśīta Muhūrta	00:10 – 00:57

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	09:40 – 11:07
Yamaganda	14:00 – 15:27
Gulika Kāla	06:46 – 08:13
Varjyam	07:15 – 07:34
Dur Muhūrta	09:28 – 09:51

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)

Candra Vāsa: East

Rāhu Vāsa: East

Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (Inauspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)

Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

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):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla	06:46 – 08:13 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha	08:13 – 09:40 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga	09:40 – 11:07 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg	11:07 – 12:33 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala	12:33 – 14:00 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha	14:00 – 15:27 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta	15:27 – 16:54 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla	16:54 – 18:21 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha	18:21 – 19:54 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta	19:54 – 21:27 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla	21:27 – 23:00 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha	23:00 – 00:33 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga	00:33 – 02:07 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg	02:07 – 03:40 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala	03:40 – 05:13 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha	05:13 – 06:46 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 11.0168°

Longitude: 76.9558°

Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Śani Walk (शनि यात्रा)

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā + Pūrva Āṣāḍhā alignment also occurred on:

-3137-10-20 — Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5124
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1871500.27
Julian Day	2459965.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1751°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	348.44°

🪷 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 (24.1751°), declination -19.99°, EoT -11.26 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: 2023-01-21 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)