पञ्चाङ्ग — Erode, Tamil Nadu · January 5, 1991 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: 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 1.44 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
उत्सन्नकुलधर्माणां मनुष्याणां जनार्दन।

नरकेऽनियतं वासो भवतीत्यनुशुश्रुम।।1.44।।
"1.44 The wise say, my Lord, that they are forever lost, whose ancient traditions are lost." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.44's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2048 Tāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1913 Prajāpati
Bengali Saṁvat: 1398
Malayalam Era: 1167
Nanakshahi: 522
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pañcamī (20/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya260.46°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra137.83°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala34.29°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
बुध Budha240.10°DhanuMūla P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati107.74°KarkaAśleṣā P1
शुक्र Śukra276.21°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani272.23°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:40 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:09 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:25 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:06 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:22 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 28 Mins 55 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 31 Mins 05 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:08 – 05:54
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:43 – 06:40
Abhijit Muhūrta12:02 – 12:48
Vijaya Muhūrta14:19 – 15:05
Godhūli Muhūrta17:57 – 18:21
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:09 – 18:38
Amṛta Kāla17:54 – 19:39
Niśīta Muhūrta00:02 – 00:48

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:32 – 10:58
Yamaganda13:51 – 15:17
Gulika Kāla06:40 – 08:06
Varjyam07:09 – 07:27
Dur Muhūrta 09:21 – 09:44

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (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):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:40 – 08:06 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:06 – 09:32 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:32 – 10:58 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:58 – 12:25 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:25 – 13:51 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:51 – 15:17 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:17 – 16:43 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:43 – 18:09 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:09 – 19:43 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:43 – 21:17 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:17 – 22:51 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:51 – 00:25 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:25 – 01:58 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:58 – 03:32 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:32 – 05:06 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:06 – 06:40 (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 Year5092 · Kali-5092
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1859796.27 · 5091.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2448261.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.7274° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)235.43° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 20/30)
🪷 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 (23.7274°) · declination -22.68° · EoT -5.45 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:1991-01-05 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)