पञ्चाङ्ग — Erode, Tamil Nadu · January 18, 1996 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: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 12.12 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
श्रेयो हि ज्ञानमभ्यासाज्ज्ञानाद्ध्यानं विशिष्यते।ध्यानात्कर्मफलत्यागस्त्यागाच्छान्तिरनन्तरम्।।12.12।।
"12.12 Knowledge is superior to blind action, meditation to mere knowledge, renunciation of the fruit of action to meditation, and where there is renunciation peace will follow." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.12's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2053 Virodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1918 Dhātṛ
Bengali Saṁvat: 1403
Malayalam Era: 1172
Nanakshahi: 527
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Jyeṣṭhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya273.41°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra237.94°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala283.76°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
बुध Budha275.43°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati249.63°DhanuMūla P3
शुक्र Śukra309.72°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
शनि Śani326.94°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:43 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:16 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:29 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:25 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:50 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 32 Mins 29 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 27 Mins 31 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:11 – 05:57
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:46 – 06:43
Abhijit Muhūrta12:06 – 12:53
Vijaya Muhūrta14:25 – 15:11
Godhūli Muhūrta18:04 – 18:28
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:16 – 18:45
Amṛta Kāla18:01 – 19:46
Niśīta Muhūrta00:06 – 00:53

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:56 – 15:23
Yamaganda06:43 – 08:10
Gulika Kāla09:36 – 11:03
Varjyam07:12 – 07:31
Dur Muhūrta 09:25 – 09:48

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:43 – 08:10 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:10 – 09:36 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:36 – 11:03 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:03 – 12:29 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:29 – 13:56 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:56 – 15:23 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:23 – 16:49 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:49 – 18:16 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:16 – 19:49 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:49 – 21:23 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:23 – 22:56 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:56 – 00:29 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:29 – 02:03 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:03 – 03:36 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:36 – 05:10 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:10 – 06:43 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī + Jyeṣṭhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Jyeṣṭhā)

🌌 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 Year5097 · Kali-5097
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1861635.27 · 5097.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450100.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.7978° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)326.65° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 28/30)
🪷 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 (23.7978°) · declination -20.71° · EoT -10.35 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:1996-01-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)