पञ्चाङ्ग — Erode, Tamil Nadu · January 18, 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 10.10 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
तेषां सततयुक्तानां भजतां प्रीतिपूर्वकम्।

ददामि बुद्धियोगं तं येन मामुपयान्ति ते।।10.10।।
"10.10 To those who are always devout and who worship Me with love, I give the power of discrimination, which leads them to Me." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.10'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 Saptamī (7/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya274.07°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra353.41°MīnaRevatī P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala293.94°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
बुध Budha273.72°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati42.15°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
शुक्र Śukra256.92°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani196.36°TulāSvātī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:43 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:16 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:29 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:39 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:55 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 32 Mins 48 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 27 Mins 12 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:11 – 05:57
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:45 – 06:43
Abhijit Muhūrta12:06 – 12:53
Vijaya Muhūrta14:25 – 15:11
Godhūli Muhūrta18:04 – 18:28
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:16 – 18:45
Amṛta Kāla18:01 – 19:46
Niśīta Muhūrta00:06 – 00:53

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:03 – 12:29
Yamaganda15:23 – 16:49
Gulika Kāla08:10 – 09:36
Varjyam07:12 – 07:30
Dur Muhūrta 09:25 – 09:48

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (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 · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:43 – 08:10 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:10 – 09:36 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:36 – 11:03 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:03 – 12:29 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:29 – 13:56 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:56 – 15:23 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:23 – 16:49 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:49 – 18:16 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:16 – 19:49 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:49 – 21:23 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:23 – 22:56 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:56 – 00:29 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:29 – 02:03 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:03 – 03:36 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:36 – 05:10 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:10 – 06:43 (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

Kali Year5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867845.27
Julian Day2456310.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0353°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)77.47°
🪷 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 (24.0353°), declination -20.54°, EoT -10.35 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: 2013-01-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)