पञ्चाङ्ग — Erode, Tamil Nadu · April 12, 1980 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: मीन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mīna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Pisces; Mīna-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.20 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
परस्तस्मात्तु भावोऽन्योऽव्यक्तोऽव्यक्तात्सनातनः।

यः स सर्वेषु भूतेषु नश्यत्सु न विनश्यति।।8.20।।
"8.20 In truth, therefore, there is the Eternal Unmanifest, which is beyond and above the Unmanifest Spirit of Creation, which is never destroyed when all these being perish." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2037 Śrīmukha
Śaka Saṁvat: 1902 Raudra
Bengali Saṁvat: 1387
Malayalam Era: 1156
Nanakshahi: 511
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī (27/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya358.71°MīnaRevatī P4
चन्द्र Candra314.89°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala122.77°SiṃhaMaghā P1
बुध Budha333.02°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati126.81°SiṃhaMaghā P3
शुक्र Śukra44.69°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
शनि Śani147.77°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:10 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:31 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:20 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:29 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:20 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 20 Mins 55 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 39 Mins 05 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:31 – 05:20
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:08 – 06:10
Abhijit Muhūrta11:55 – 12:45
Vijaya Muhūrta14:24 – 15:13
Godhūli Muhūrta18:19 – 18:43
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:31 – 19:02
Amṛta Kāla18:16 – 20:01
Niśīta Muhūrta23:55 – 00:45

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:15 – 10:48
Yamaganda13:53 – 15:25
Gulika Kāla06:10 – 07:42
Varjyam06:41 – 07:00
Dur Muhūrta 09:03 – 09:27

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śubha (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:10 – 07:42 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:42 – 09:15 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:15 – 10:48 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:48 – 12:20 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:20 – 13:53 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:53 – 15:25 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:25 – 16:58 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:58 – 18:31 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:31 – 19:58 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:58 – 21:25 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:25 – 22:53 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:53 – 00:20 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:20 – 01:48 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:48 – 03:15 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:15 – 04:42 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:42 – 06:10 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 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)1855876.27 · 5081.2 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2444341.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.5775° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)318.63° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 27/30)
🪷 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 (23.5775°) · declination 8.68° · EoT -1.04 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:1980-04-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)