पञ्चाङ्ग — Erode, Tamil Nadu · August 10, 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: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.63 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
इति ते ज्ञानमाख्यातं गुह्याद्गुह्यतरं मया।विमृश्यैतदशेषेण यथेच्छसि तथा कुरु।।18.63।।
"18.63 Thus have I revealed to thee the Truth, the Mystery of mysteries. Having thought it over, thou art free to act as thou wilt." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.63's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2053 Virodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1918 Dhātṛ
Bengali Saṁvat: 1403
Malayalam Era: 1172
Nanakshahi: 527
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya113.89°KarkaAśleṣā P3
चन्द्र Candra67.20°MithunaĀrdrā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala76.44°MithunaĀrdrā P3
बुध Budha138.73°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati255.02°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra68.52°MithunaĀrdrā P1
शनि Śani343.15°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:08 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:41 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:24 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:55 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:40 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 32 Mins 37 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 27 Mins 23 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:28 – 05:18
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:05 – 06:08
Abhijit Muhūrta11:59 – 12:49
Vijaya Muhūrta14:30 – 15:20
Godhūli Muhūrta18:29 – 18:53
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:41 – 19:12
Amṛta Kāla18:26 – 20:11
Niśīta Muhūrta23:59 – 00:49

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:16 – 10:50
Yamaganda13:58 – 15:32
Gulika Kāla06:08 – 07:42
Varjyam06:39 – 06:59
Dur Muhūrta 09:03 – 09:29

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:08 – 07:42 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:42 – 09:16 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:16 – 10:50 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:50 – 12:24 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:24 – 13:58 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:58 – 15:32 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:32 – 17:06 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:06 – 18:41 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:41 – 20:06 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:06 – 21:32 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:32 – 22:58 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:58 – 00:24 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:24 – 01:50 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:50 – 03:16 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:16 – 04:42 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:42 – 06:08 (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 Year5098 · Kali-5098
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1861840.27 · 5097.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450305.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8056° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)311.32° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 26/30)
🪷 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 (23.8056°) · declination 15.53° · EoT -5.06 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:1996-08-10 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)