पञ्चाङ्ग — Erode, Tamil Nadu · August 21, 2007 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: राधाष्टमी — Rādhāṣṭamī
Manifestation of Śrī Rādhā at Barsānā — Krishna's ādi-śakti.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 13.19 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
इति क्षेत्रं तथा ज्ञानं ज्ञेयं चोक्तं समासतः।मद्भक्त एतद्विज्ञाय मद्भावायोपपद्यते।।13.19।।
"13.19 Thus I have told thee in brief what Matter is, and the Self worth realising and what is Wisdom. He who is devoted to Me knows; and assuredly he will enter into Me." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.19's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2064 Śārvarī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1929 Sarvajit
Bengali Saṁvat: 1414
Malayalam Era: 1183
Nanakshahi: 538
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Anurādhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya123.67°SiṃhaMaghā P2
चन्द्र Candra214.03°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala44.67°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
बुध Budha128.83°SiṃhaMaghā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati226.99°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
शुक्र Śukra118.88°KarkaAśleṣā P4
शनि Śani124.26°SiṃhaMaghā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:08 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:35 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:22 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:37 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:09 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 27 Mins 00 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 33 Mins 00 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:29 – 05:19
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:06 – 06:08
Abhijit Muhūrta11:57 – 12:47
Vijaya Muhūrta14:26 – 15:16
Godhūli Muhūrta18:23 – 18:47
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:35 – 19:07
Amṛta Kāla18:20 – 20:05
Niśīta Muhūrta23:57 – 00:47

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:29 – 17:02
Yamaganda09:15 – 10:49
Gulika Kāla12:22 – 13:55
Varjyam06:40 – 06:59
Dur Muhūrta 09:03 – 09:28

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Rākṣasa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

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

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:08 – 07:42 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:42 – 09:15 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:15 – 10:49 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:49 – 12:22 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:22 – 13:55 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:55 – 15:29 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:29 – 17:02 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:02 – 18:35 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:35 – 20:02 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:02 – 21:29 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:29 – 22:55 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:55 – 00:22 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:22 – 01:49 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:49 – 03:15 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:15 – 04:42 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:42 – 06:08 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Anurādhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

🌌 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 Year5109 · Kali-5109
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1865868.27 · 5108.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2454333.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9597° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)92.76° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 8/30)
🪷 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 (23.9597°) · declination 12.29° · EoT -2.80 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:2007-08-21 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)