पञ्चाङ्ग — Erode, Tamil Nadu · January 20, 1928 CE

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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: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 4.19 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
यस्य सर्वे समारम्भाः कामसङ्कल्पवर्जिताः।

ज्ञानाग्निदग्धकर्माणं तमाहुः पण्डितं बुधाः।।4.19।।
"4.19 The wise call him a sage, for whatever he undertakes is free from the motive of desire, and his deeds are purified by the fire of Wisdom." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.19's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1985 Vṛṣa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1850 Vibhava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1335
Malayalam Era: 1104
Nanakshahi: 459
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mūla Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya275.90°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra242.59°DhanuMūla P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala248.88°DhanuMūla P3
बुध Budha284.11°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati338.03°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
शुक्र Śukra237.27°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
शनि Śani232.88°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:44 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:17 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:30 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:34 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:00 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 33 Mins 02 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 26 Mins 58 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:11 – 05:57
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:46 – 06:44
Abhijit Muhūrta12:07 – 12:53
Vijaya Muhūrta14:26 – 15:12
Godhūli Muhūrta18:05 – 18:29
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:17 – 18:45
Amṛta Kāla18:02 – 19:47
Niśīta Muhūrta00:07 – 00:53

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:03 – 12:30
Yamaganda15:23 – 16:50
Gulika Kāla08:10 – 09:37
Varjyam07:12 – 07:31
Dur Muhūrta 09:25 – 09:48

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ 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 · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:44 – 08:10 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:10 – 09:37 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:37 – 11:03 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:03 – 12:30 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:30 – 13:57 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:57 – 15:23 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:23 – 16:50 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:50 – 18:17 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:17 – 19:50 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:50 – 21:23 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:23 – 22:57 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:57 – 00:30 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:30 – 02:03 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:03 – 03:37 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:37 – 05:10 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:10 – 06:44 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 11.341°
Longitude: 77.7172°
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 — 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 Year5029 · Kali-5029
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1836800.27 · 5029.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2425265.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.8479° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)325.75° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 28/30)
🪷 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 (22.8479°) · declination -20.41° · EoT -10.96 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:1928-01-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)