पञ्चाङ्ग — Erode, Tamil Nadu · July 15, 2008 CE

🪷 आज: मिथुन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mithuna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Gemini.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.17 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
यस्त्वात्मरतिरेव स्यादात्मतृप्तश्च मानवः।

आत्मन्येव च सन्तुष्टस्तस्य कार्यं न विद्यते।।3.17।।
"3.17 On the other hand, the soul who meditates on the Self is content to serve the Self and rests satisfied within the Self; there remains nothing more for him to accomplish." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āṣāḍha (Āṣāḍha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2065 Plava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1930 Sarvadhāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1415
Malayalam Era: 1184
Nanakshahi: 539
Solar Month: Mithuna (Āni)
Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Jyeṣṭhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya88.96°MithunaPunarvasu P3
चन्द्र Candra232.39°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala133.94°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
बुध Budha72.85°MithunaĀrdrā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati263.36°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शुक्र Śukra98.71°KarkaPuṣya P2
शनि Śani131.68°SiṃhaMaghā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:03 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:46 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:25 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:15 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:42 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 43 Mins 34 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 16 Mins 26 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:21 – 05:12
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:59 – 06:03
Abhijit Muhūrta11:59 – 12:50
Vijaya Muhūrta14:32 – 15:23
Godhūli Muhūrta18:34 – 18:58
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:46 – 19:18
Amṛta Kāla18:31 – 20:16
Niśīta Muhūrta23:59 – 00:50

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:36 – 17:11
Yamaganda09:14 – 10:49
Gulika Kāla12:25 – 14:00
Varjyam06:35 – 06:55
Dur Muhūrta 09:01 – 09:27

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
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 Roga06:03 – 07:38 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:38 – 09:14 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:14 – 10:49 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:49 – 12:25 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:25 – 14:00 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla14:00 – 15:36 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:36 – 17:11 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga17:11 – 18:46 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:46 – 20:11 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha20:11 – 21:36 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:36 – 23:00 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg23:00 – 00:25 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:25 – 01:49 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:49 – 03:14 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:14 – 04:38 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:38 – 06:03 (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 Dvādaśī + Jyeṣṭhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Jyeṣṭhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5110
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866197.27
Julian Day2454662.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)23.9722°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)142.02°
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta
Method: Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equation
Tier-2 city localization: spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanamsa (23.9722°), declination 21.49°, EoT -5.58 min · verified ±1 min vs Drikpanchang
Lineage: Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate
Access: Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed
Computed for: 2008-07-15 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)