पञ्चाङ्ग — Erode, Tamil Nadu · December 26, 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: 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 4.13 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
चातुर्वर्ण्यं मया सृष्टं गुणकर्मविभागशः।

तस्य कर्तारमपि मां विद्ध्यकर्तारमव्ययम्।।4.13।।
"4.13 The four divisions of society (the wise, the soldier, the merchant, the labourer) were created by Me, according to the natural distribution of Qualities and instincts. I am the author of them, though I Myself do no action, and am changeless." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.13's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2009 Viśvāvasu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1874 Nandana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1359
Malayalam Era: 1128
Nanakshahi: 483
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Aśvinī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya251.02°DhanuMūla P4
चन्द्र Candra9.14°MeṣaAśvinī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala303.69°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
बुध Budha231.18°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati18.35°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
शुक्र Śukra295.46°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
शनि Śani182.93°TulāCitrā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:36 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:04 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:20 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:00 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)02:25 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 27 Mins 39 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 32 Mins 21 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:05 – 05:50
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:39 – 06:36
Abhijit Muhūrta11:57 – 12:43
Vijaya Muhūrta14:15 – 15:01
Godhūli Muhūrta17:52 – 18:16
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:04 – 18:33
Amṛta Kāla17:49 – 19:34
Niśīta Muhūrta23:57 – 00:43

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:54 – 12:20
Yamaganda15:12 – 16:38
Gulika Kāla08:02 – 09:28
Varjyam07:05 – 07:23
Dur Muhūrta 09:17 – 09:40

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (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):
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):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:36 – 08:02 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:02 – 09:28 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:28 – 10:54 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:54 – 12:20 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:20 – 13:46 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:46 – 15:12 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:12 – 16:38 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:38 – 18:04 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:04 – 19:38 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:38 – 21:12 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:12 – 22:46 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:46 – 00:20 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:20 – 01:54 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:54 – 03:28 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:28 – 05:02 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:02 – 06:36 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Daśamī + Aśvinī alignment also occurred on:
-3101-02-18Kali Yuga Epoch (same Aśvinī)

🌌 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)1845907.27 · 5053.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2434372.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.1962° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)117.12° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 10/30)
🪷 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 (23.1962°) · declination -23.37° · EoT -0.96 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:1952-12-26 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)