पञ्चाङ्ग — Erode, Tamil Nadu · October 24, 1952 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: छठ पूजा — Chhaṭh Pūjā
Bihar/UP festival worshiping Sūrya. 6th day of Kārtika Śukla.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.65 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
प्रसादे सर्वदुःखानां हानिरस्योपजायते।

प्रसन्नचेतसो ह्याशु बुद्धिः पर्यवतिष्ठते।।2.65।।
"2.65 Having attained Peace, he becomes free from misery; for when the mind gains peace, right discrimination follows." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.65's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Kārtika (Kārtika Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2009 Viśvāvasu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1874 Nandana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1359
Malayalam Era: 1128
Nanakshahi: 483
Solar Month: Tulā (Aippasi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mūla Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya187.38°TulāSvātī P1
चन्द्र Candra250.01°DhanuMūla P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala256.02°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
बुध Budha206.19°TulāViśākhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati25.14°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
शुक्र Śukra219.71°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
शनि Śani176.56°KanyāCitrā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:09 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:57 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:03 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:31 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:56 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 47 Mins 57 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 12 Mins 03 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:35 – 05:22
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:10 – 06:09
Abhijit Muhūrta11:39 – 12:27
Vijaya Muhūrta14:01 – 14:48
Godhūli Muhūrta17:45 – 18:09
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:57 – 18:26
Amṛta Kāla17:42 – 19:27
Niśīta Muhūrta23:39 – 00:27

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:34 – 12:03
Yamaganda15:00 – 16:28
Gulika Kāla07:37 – 09:06
Varjyam06:39 – 06:57
Dur Muhūrta 08:54 – 09:18

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ 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 Chala06:09 – 07:37 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:37 – 09:06 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:06 – 10:34 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:34 – 12:03 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:03 – 13:31 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:31 – 15:00 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:00 – 16:28 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:28 – 17:57 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:57 – 19:28 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:28 – 21:00 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:00 – 22:31 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:31 – 00:03 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:03 – 01:34 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:34 – 03:06 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:06 – 04:37 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:37 – 06:09 (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 Year5054 · Kali-5054
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1845844.27 · 5053.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2434309.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.1938° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)63.36° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 6/30)
🪷 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 (23.1938°) · declination -11.67° · EoT 16.15 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:1952-10-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)