पञ्चाङ्ग — Erode, Tamil Nadu · February 15, 1980 CE

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🪷 आज: महा शिवरात्रि — Mahā Śivarātri
The greatest night of Lord Śiva; cosmic dance of dissolution.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.40 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाच

पार्थ नैवेह नामुत्र विनाशस्तस्य विद्यते।

नहि कल्याणकृत्कश्िचद्दुर्गतिं तात गच्छति।।6.40।।
"6.40 Lord Shri Krishna replied: My beloved child! There is no destruction for him, either in this world or in the next. No evil fate awaits him who treads the path of righteousness." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.40's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2037 Śrīmukha
Śaka Saṁvat: 1902 Raudra
Bengali Saṁvat: 1387
Malayalam Era: 1156
Nanakshahi: 511
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya301.93°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
चन्द्र Candra283.50°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala136.39°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
बुध Budha319.27°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati132.76°SiṃhaMaghā P4
शुक्र Śukra342.69°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
शनि Śani151.97°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:41 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:27 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:34 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:33 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:07 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 45 Mins 43 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 14 Mins 17 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:07 – 05:54
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:42 – 06:41
Abhijit Muhūrta12:10 – 12:57
Vijaya Muhūrta14:31 – 15:18
Godhūli Muhūrta18:15 – 18:39
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:27 – 18:56
Amṛta Kāla18:12 – 19:57
Niśīta Muhūrta00:10 – 00:57

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:05 – 12:34
Yamaganda15:30 – 16:58
Gulika Kāla08:09 – 09:37
Varjyam07:10 – 07:29
Dur Muhūrta 09:26 – 09:49

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:41 – 08:09 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:09 – 09:37 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:37 – 11:05 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:05 – 12:34 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:34 – 14:02 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:02 – 15:30 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:30 – 16:58 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:58 – 18:27 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:27 – 19:58 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:58 – 21:30 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:30 – 23:02 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:02 – 00:34 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:34 – 02:05 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:05 – 03:37 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:37 – 05:09 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:09 – 06:41 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

12 steps · festival walk
Today is Mahā Śivarātri — its dedicated walk.
Śiva-stuti through Bhāgavata + Mahābhārata Anuśāsana.

🌌 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 Year5081 · Kali-5081
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1855819.27 · 5081.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2444284.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.5753° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)341.33° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 29/30)
🪷 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 (23.5753°) · declination -13.02° · EoT -14.57 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:1980-02-15 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)