पञ्चाङ्ग — Erode, Tamil Nadu · January 15, 2013 CE

🪷 आज: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 10.7 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
एतां विभूतिं योगं च मम यो वेत्ति तत्त्वतः।

सोऽविकम्पेन योगेन युज्यते नात्र संशयः।।10.7।।
"10.7 He who rightly understands My manifested glory and My Creative Power, beyond doubt attains perfect peace." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.7's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2070 Parābhava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1935 Vijaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1420
Malayalam Era: 1189
Nanakshahi: 544
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya271.01°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra314.14°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala291.57°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
बुध Budha268.77°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati42.29°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
शुक्र Śukra253.16°DhanuMūla P4
शनि Śani196.20°TulāSvātī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:43 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:14 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:28 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)09:25 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:17 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 31 Mins 45 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 28 Mins 15 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:10 – 05:56
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:45 – 06:43
Abhijit Muhūrta12:05 – 12:52
Vijaya Muhūrta14:24 – 15:10
Godhūli Muhūrta18:02 – 18:26
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:14 – 18:43
Amṛta Kāla17:59 – 19:44
Niśīta Muhūrta00:05 – 00:52

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:21 – 16:48
Yamaganda09:36 – 11:02
Gulika Kāla12:28 – 13:55
Varjyam07:11 – 07:30
Dur Muhūrta 09:24 – 09:47

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Prajāpati (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:43 – 08:09 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:09 – 09:36 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:36 – 11:02 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:02 – 12:28 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:28 – 13:55 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:55 – 15:21 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:21 – 16:48 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:48 – 18:14 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:14 – 19:48 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:48 – 21:21 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:21 – 22:55 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:55 – 00:28 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:28 – 02:02 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:02 – 03:36 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:36 – 05:09 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:09 – 06:43 (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 Time

Kali Year5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867842.27
Julian Day2456307.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0352°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)42.38°
🪷 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 (24.0352°), declination -21.12°, EoT -9.35 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: 2013-01-15 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)