पञ्चाङ्ग — Erode, Tamil Nadu · December 20, 2002 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 5.1 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाच

संन्यासं कर्मणां कृष्ण पुनर्योगं च शंससि।

यच्छ्रेय एतयोरेकं तन्मे ब्रूहि सुनिश्िचतम्।।5.1।।
"5.1 "Arjuna said: My Lord! At one moment Thou praisest renunciation of action; at another, right action. Tell me truly, I pray, which of these is the more conducive to my highest welfare?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.1's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2059 Manmatha
Śaka Saṁvat: 1924 Citrabhānu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1409
Malayalam Era: 1178
Nanakshahi: 533
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya244.07°DhanuMūla P2
चन्द्र Candra66.94°MithunaĀrdrā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala197.96°TulāSvātī P4
बुध Budha262.67°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati113.71°KarkaAśleṣā P3
शुक्र Śukra199.30°TulāSvātī P4
शनि Śani61.40°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3

☀️ 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)18:06 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:51 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 Kāla10:51 – 12:17
Yamaganda15:09 – 16:35
Gulika Kāla07:59 – 09:25
Varjyam07:02 – 07:20
Dur Muhūrta 09:14 – 09:37

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Rākṣasa (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):
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 Chala06:34 – 07:59 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:59 – 09:25 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:25 – 10:51 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:51 – 12:17 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:17 – 13:43 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:43 – 15:09 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:09 – 16:35 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:35 – 18:01 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:01 – 19:35 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:35 – 21:09 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:09 – 22:43 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:43 – 00:17 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:17 – 01:51 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:51 – 03:25 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:25 – 04:59 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:59 – 06:34 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 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 Year5104 · Kali-5104
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1864163.27 · 5103.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2452628.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8945° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)182.53° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 16/30)
🪷 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 (23.8945°) · declination -23.42° · 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:2002-12-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)