पञ्चाङ्ग — Erode, Tamil Nadu · August 17, 1961 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: सुब्रह्मण्य षष्ठी — Subrahmaṇya Ṣaṣṭhī
Worship of Kārttikeya as Subrahmaṇya.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 14.3 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
मम योनिर्महद्ब्रह्म तस्मिन् गर्भं दधाम्यहम्।संभवः सर्वभूतानां ततो भवति भारत।।14.3।।
"14.3 The eternal Cosmos is My womb, in which I plant the seed, from which all beings are born, O Prince!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.3's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2018 Ānanda
Śaka Saṁvat: 1883 Plava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1368
Malayalam Era: 1137
Nanakshahi: 492
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Citrā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya120.58°SiṃhaMaghā P1
चन्द्र Candra182.16°TulāCitrā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala157.22°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
बुध Budha123.64°SiṃhaMaghā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati276.84°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
शुक्र Śukra82.53°MithunaPunarvasu P1
शनि Śani271.91°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:08 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:37 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:23 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:35 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:24 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 29 Mins 10 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 30 Mins 50 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:28 – 05:18
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:06 – 06:08
Abhijit Muhūrta11:58 – 12:48
Vijaya Muhūrta14:28 – 15:18
Godhūli Muhūrta18:25 – 18:49
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:37 – 19:09
Amṛta Kāla18:22 – 20:07
Niśīta Muhūrta23:58 – 00:48

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:57 – 15:30
Yamaganda06:08 – 07:42
Gulika Kāla09:16 – 10:49
Varjyam06:40 – 06:59
Dur Muhūrta 09:03 – 09:28

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
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):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:08 – 07:42 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:42 – 09:16 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:16 – 10:49 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:49 – 12:23 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:23 – 13:57 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:57 – 15:30 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:30 – 17:04 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:04 – 18:37 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:37 – 20:04 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:04 – 21:30 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:30 – 22:57 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:57 – 00:23 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:23 – 01:49 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:49 – 03:16 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:16 – 04:42 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:42 – 06:08 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 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 Year5063 · Kali-5063
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1849063.27 · 5062.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2437528.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.3169° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)65.73° · 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 (23.3169°) · declination 13.55° · EoT -3.75 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:1961-08-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)