पञ्चाङ्ग — Erode, Tamil Nadu · April 3, 1946 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: चैत्र नवरात्रि आरम्भ — Caitra Navrātri Start (Gudhi Padwā)
Spring Navrātri begins; Vasanta-pakṣa Devī worship. Maharashtra: Gudhi Padwā. South: Ugadi. Sindhi: Cheti Chand.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 13.31 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
यदा भूतपृथग्भावमेकस्थमनुपश्यति।तत एव च विस्तारं ब्रह्म सम्पद्यते तदा।।13.31।।
"13.31 He who sees the diverse forms of life all rooted in One, and growing forth from Him, he shall indeed find the Absolute." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.31's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2003 Vikāri
Śaka Saṁvat: 1868 Vyaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1353
Malayalam Era: 1122
Nanakshahi: 477
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya349.59°MīnaRevatī P1
चन्द्र Candra1.34°MeṣaAśvinī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala89.79°MithunaPunarvasu P3
बुध Budha337.03°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati181.79°TulāCitrā P3
शुक्र Śukra5.20°MeṣaAśvinī P2
शनि Śani85.31°MithunaPunarvasu P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:15 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:30 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:23 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:00 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:20 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 14 Mins 53 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 45 Mins 07 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:37 – 05:26
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:14 – 06:15
Abhijit Muhūrta11:58 – 12:47
Vijaya Muhūrta14:25 – 15:14
Godhūli Muhūrta18:18 – 18:42
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:30 – 19:01
Amṛta Kāla18:15 – 20:00
Niśīta Muhūrta23:58 – 00:47

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:23 – 13:55
Yamaganda07:47 – 09:19
Gulika Kāla10:51 – 12:23
Varjyam06:46 – 07:06
Dur Muhūrta 09:07 – 09:31

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:15 – 07:47 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:47 – 09:19 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:19 – 10:51 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:51 – 12:23 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:23 – 13:55 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:55 – 15:27 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:27 – 16:58 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:58 – 18:30 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:30 – 19:58 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:58 – 21:27 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:27 – 22:55 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:55 – 00:23 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:23 – 01:51 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:51 – 03:19 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:19 – 04:47 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:47 – 06:15 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 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 Year5047 · Kali-5047
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1843448.27 · 5047.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2431913.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.1022° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)9.81° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 1/30)
🪷 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 (23.1022°) · declination 5.01° · EoT -3.71 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:1946-04-03 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)