पञ्चाङ्ग — Erode, Tamil Nadu · December 22, 2013 CE

🪷 आज: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.19 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
स घोषो धार्तराष्ट्राणां हृदयानि व्यदारयत्।

नभश्च पृथिवीं चैव तुमुलो व्यनुनादयन्।।1.19।।
"1.19 The tumult rent the hearts of the sons of Dhritarashtra, and violently shook heaven and earth with its echo." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.19's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2070 Parābhava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1935 Vijaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1420
Malayalam Era: 1189
Nanakshahi: 544
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pañcamī (20/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya246.29°DhanuMūla P2
चन्द्र Candra116.85°KarkaAśleṣā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala162.79°KanyāHasta P1
बुध Budha242.00°DhanuMūla P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati82.73°MithunaPunarvasu P1
शुक्र Śukra274.75°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani205.09°TulāViśākhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:34 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:02 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:18 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:26 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:55 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 27 Mins 32 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 32 Mins 28 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:03 – 05:49
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:37 – 06:34
Abhijit Muhūrta11:55 – 12:41
Vijaya Muhūrta14:13 – 14:59
Godhūli Muhūrta17:50 – 18:14
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:02 – 18:31
Amṛta Kāla17:47 – 19:32
Niśīta Muhūrta23:55 – 00:41

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:36 – 18:02
Yamaganda12:18 – 13:44
Gulika Kāla15:10 – 16:36
Varjyam07:03 – 07:21
Dur Muhūrta 09:15 – 09:38

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mudgara (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:34 – 08:00 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:00 – 09:26 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:26 – 10:52 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:52 – 12:18 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:18 – 13:44 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:44 – 15:10 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:10 – 16:36 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:36 – 18:02 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:02 – 19:36 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:36 – 21:10 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:10 – 22:44 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:44 – 00:18 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:18 – 01:52 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:52 – 03:26 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:26 – 05:00 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:00 – 06:34 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868183.27
Julian Day2456648.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0482°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)234.37°
🪷 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 (24.0482°), declination -23.44°, EoT 0.91 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: 2013-12-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)