पञ्चाङ्ग — Erode, Tamil Nadu · February 18, 2004 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: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.7 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
नियतस्य तु संन्यासः कर्मणो नोपपद्यते।मोहात्तस्य परित्यागस्तामसः परिकीर्तितः।।18.7।।
"18.7 It is not right to give up actions which are obligatory; and if they are misunderstood, it is the result of sheer ignorance." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.7's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2061 Hemalambī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1926 Tāraṇa
Bengali Saṁvat: 1411
Malayalam Era: 1180
Nanakshahi: 535
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya304.81°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
चन्द्र Candra274.02°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala15.31°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
बुध Budha293.24°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati142.05°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
शुक्र Śukra347.00°MīnaRevatī P1
शनि Śani72.57°MithunaĀrdrā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:40 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:27 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:34 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:45 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)16:16 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 47 Mins 32 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 12 Mins 28 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:05 – 05:53
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:41 – 06:40
Abhijit Muhūrta12:10 – 12:57
Vijaya Muhūrta14:31 – 15:19
Godhūli Muhūrta18:15 – 18:39
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:27 – 18:57
Amṛta Kāla18:12 – 19:57
Niśīta Muhūrta00:10 – 00:57

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:34 – 14:02
Yamaganda08:08 – 09:37
Gulika Kāla11:05 – 12:34
Varjyam07:09 – 07:28
Dur Muhūrta 09:25 – 09:48

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Saumya (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:40 – 08:08 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:08 – 09:37 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:37 – 11:05 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:05 – 12:34 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:34 – 14:02 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg14:02 – 15:30 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:30 – 16:59 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:59 – 18:27 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:27 – 19:59 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:59 – 21:30 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:30 – 23:02 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta23:02 – 00:34 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:34 – 02:05 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:05 – 03:37 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:37 – 05:08 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:08 – 06:40 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 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 Year5105 · Kali-5105
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1864588.27 · 5105.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2453053.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9107° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)331.06° · 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 (23.9107°) · declination -11.92° · EoT -14.43 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:2004-02-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)