पञ्चाङ्ग — Erode, Tamil Nadu · December 20, 1988 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 18.77 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
तच्च संस्मृत्य संस्मृत्य रूपमत्यद्भुतं हरेः।

विस्मयो मे महान् राजन् हृष्यामि च पुनः पुनः।।18.77।।
"18.77 As memory recalls again and again the exceeding beauty of the Lord, I am filled with amazement and happiness." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.77's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2045 Vṛṣa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1910 Vibhava
Bengali Saṁvat: 1395
Malayalam Era: 1164
Nanakshahi: 519
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya244.68°DhanuMūla P2
चन्द्र Candra24.30°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala350.83°MīnaRevatī P2
बुध Budha255.27°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati34.50°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
शुक्र Śukra219.34°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
शनि Śani250.20°DhanuMūla P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:34 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:01 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:17 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:19 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:52 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 27 Mins 33 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 32 Mins 27 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:02 – 05:48
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:36 – 06:34
Abhijit Muhūrta11:54 – 12:40
Vijaya Muhūrta14:12 – 14:58
Godhūli Muhūrta17:49 – 18:13
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:01 – 18:30
Amṛta Kāla17:46 – 19:31
Niśīta Muhūrta23:54 – 00:40

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:09 – 16:35
Yamaganda09:25 – 10:51
Gulika Kāla12:17 – 13:43
Varjyam07:02 – 07:20
Dur Muhūrta 09:14 – 09:37

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Mudgara (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:34 – 07:59 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:59 – 09:25 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:25 – 10:51 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:51 – 12:17 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:17 – 13:43 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:43 – 15:09 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:09 – 16:35 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:35 – 18:01 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:01 – 19:35 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:35 – 21:09 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:09 – 22:43 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:43 – 00:17 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:17 – 01:51 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:51 – 03:25 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:25 – 04:59 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:59 – 06:34 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 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 Year5090 · Kali-5090
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1859050.27 · 5089.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2447515.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.6989° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)140.84° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 12/30)
🪷 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 (23.6989°) · declination -23.43° · EoT 1.85 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:1988-12-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)