पञ्चाङ्ग — Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu · December 26, 2025 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 4.38 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
न हि ज्ञानेन सदृशं पवित्रमिह विद्यते।

तत्स्वयं योगसंसिद्धः कालेनात्मनि विन्दति।।4.38।।
"4.38 There is nothing in the world so purifying as wisdom; and he who is a perfect saint finds that at last in his own Self." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.38's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2082 Kālayukta
Śaka Saṁvat: 1947 Viśvāvasu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1432
Malayalam Era: 1201
Nanakshahi: 556
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Bhādrapadā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Siddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya250.29°DhanuMūla P4
चन्द्र Candra318.66°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala253.54°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
बुध Budha235.03°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati87.76°MithunaPunarvasu P3
शुक्र Śukra247.16°DhanuMūla P3
शनि Śani331.72°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:39 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:08 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:23 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:59 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:54 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 28 Mins 50 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 31 Mins 10 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:07 – 05:53
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:41 – 06:39
Abhijit Muhūrta12:00 – 12:46
Vijaya Muhūrta14:18 – 15:04
Godhūli Muhūrta17:56 – 18:20
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:08 – 18:36
Amṛta Kāla17:53 – 19:38
Niśīta Muhūrta00:00 – 00:46

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:57 – 12:23
Yamaganda15:15 – 16:41
Gulika Kāla08:05 – 09:31
Varjyam07:07 – 07:26
Dur Muhūrta 09:19 – 09:42

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (Inauspicious)
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 · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:39 – 08:05 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:05 – 09:31 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:31 – 10:57 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:57 – 12:23 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:23 – 13:49 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:49 – 15:15 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:15 – 16:41 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:41 – 18:08 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:08 – 19:41 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:41 – 21:15 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:15 – 22:49 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:49 – 00:23 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:23 – 01:57 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:57 – 03:31 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:31 – 05:05 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:05 – 06:39 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

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 Time

Kali Year5127
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872570.27
Julian Day2461035.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2160°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)71.41°
🪷 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 (24.2160°), declination -23.36°, EoT -0.96 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: 2025-12-26 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)