पञ्चाङ्ग — Erode, Tamil Nadu · May 4, 563 BCE

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अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: वृषभ सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛṣabha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Taurus.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.23 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
योत्स्यमानानवेक्षेऽहं य एतेऽत्र समागताः।

धार्तराष्ट्रस्य दुर्बुद्धेर्युद्धे प्रियचिकीर्षवः।।1.23।।
"1.23 And gaze over this array of soldiers, eager to please the sinful sons of Dhritarashtra."" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.23's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Jyeṣṭha (Jyeṣṭha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: -505
Śaka Saṁvat: -640
Bengali Saṁvat: -1155
Malayalam Era: -1386
Nanakshahi: -2031
Solar Month: Vṛṣabha (Vaikāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya53.47°VṛṣabhaMṛgaśīrṣā P1
चन्द्र Candra141.77°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala21.81°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
बुध Budha27.15°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati28.08°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
शुक्र Śukra100.32°KarkaPuṣya P3
शनि Śani50.85°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:00 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:32 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:16 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:52 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:26 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 32 Mins 12 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 27 Mins 48 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:19 – 05:10
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:57 – 06:00
Abhijit Muhūrta11:51 – 12:41
Vijaya Muhūrta14:21 – 15:11
Godhūli Muhūrta18:20 – 18:44
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:32 – 19:03
Amṛta Kāla18:17 – 20:02
Niśīta Muhūrta23:51 – 00:41

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:08 – 10:42
Yamaganda13:50 – 15:24
Gulika Kāla06:00 – 07:34
Varjyam06:31 – 06:51
Dur Muhūrta 08:55 – 09:20

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
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 · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:00 – 07:34 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:34 – 09:08 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:08 – 10:42 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:42 – 12:16 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:16 – 13:50 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:50 – 15:24 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:24 – 16:58 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:58 – 18:32 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:32 – 19:58 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:58 – 21:24 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:24 – 22:50 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:50 – 00:16 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:16 – 01:42 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:42 – 03:08 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:08 – 04:34 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:34 – 06:00 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 11.341°
Longitude: 77.7172°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Pūrva Phalgunī alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

🌌 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 Year2540 · Kali-2540
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)927445.27 · 2539.3 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day1515910.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)-11.9315° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)88.31° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 8/30)
🪷 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 (-11.9315°) · declination 15.29° · EoT 3.26 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:-0562-05-04 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)