पञ्चाङ्ग — Erode, Tamil Nadu · January 14, 1948 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: 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 12.1 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाचएवं सततयुक्ता ये भक्तास्त्वां पर्युपासते।येचाप्यक्षरमव्यक्तं तेषां के योगवित्तमाः।।12.1।।
"12.1 "Arjuna asked: My Lord! Which are the better devotees who worship Thee, those who try to know Thee as a Personal God, or those who worship Thee as Impersonal and Indestructible?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.1's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2005 Plava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1870 Sarvadhāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1355
Malayalam Era: 1124
Nanakshahi: 479
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Tṛtīyā (3/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Siddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya269.66°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra299.15°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala135.01°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
बुध Budha277.01°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati236.19°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
शुक्र Śukra302.62°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
शनि Śani118.44°KarkaAśleṣā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:43 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:14 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:28 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:35 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:17 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 31 Mins 03 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 28 Mins 57 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:10 – 05:57
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:45 – 06:43
Abhijit Muhūrta12:05 – 12:51
Vijaya Muhūrta14:23 – 15:09
Godhūli Muhūrta18:02 – 18:26
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:14 – 18:42
Amṛta Kāla17:59 – 19:44
Niśīta Muhūrta00:05 – 00:51

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:28 – 13:55
Yamaganda08:09 – 09:35
Gulika Kāla11:02 – 12:28
Varjyam07:11 – 07:30
Dur Muhūrta 09:24 – 09:47

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (Auspicious)
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 · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:43 – 08:09 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:09 – 09:35 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:35 – 11:02 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:02 – 12:28 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:28 – 13:55 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:55 – 15:21 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:21 – 16:47 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:47 – 18:14 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:14 – 19:47 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:47 – 21:21 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:21 – 22:55 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:55 – 00:28 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:28 – 02:02 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:02 – 03:35 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:35 – 05:09 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:09 – 06:43 (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 Year5049 · Kali-5049
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1844099.27 · 5049.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2432564.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.1271° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)32.54° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 3/30)
🪷 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 (23.1271°) · declination -21.51° · EoT -9.00 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:1948-01-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)