पञ्चाङ्ग — Erode, Tamil Nadu · October 15, 2014 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.6 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
यं यं वापि स्मरन्भावं त्यजत्यन्ते कलेवरम्।

तं तमेवैति कौन्तेय सदा तद्भावभावितः।।8.6।।
"8.6 On whatever sphere of being the mind of a man may be intent at the time of death, thither he will go." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.6's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1421
Malayalam Era: 1190
Nanakshahi: 545
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Saptamī (22/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya177.55°KanyāCitrā P2
चन्द्र Candra79.18°MithunaĀrdrā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala237.42°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
बुध Budha181.59°TulāCitrā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati113.39°KarkaAśleṣā P3
शुक्र Śukra174.70°KanyāCitrā P1
शनि Śani207.65°TulāViśākhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:08 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:01 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:04 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:09 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:53 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 53 Mins 15 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 06 Mins 45 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:33 – 05:20
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:08 – 06:08
Abhijit Muhūrta11:40 – 12:28
Vijaya Muhūrta14:03 – 14:51
Godhūli Muhūrta17:49 – 18:13
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:01 – 18:31
Amṛta Kāla17:46 – 19:31
Niśīta Muhūrta23:40 – 00:28

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:04 – 13:33
Yamaganda07:37 – 09:06
Gulika Kāla10:35 – 12:04
Varjyam06:37 – 06:56
Dur Muhūrta 08:54 – 09:18

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

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 · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:08 – 07:37 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:37 – 09:06 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:06 – 10:35 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:35 – 12:04 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:04 – 13:33 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:33 – 15:03 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:03 – 16:32 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:32 – 18:01 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:01 – 19:32 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:32 – 21:03 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:03 – 22:33 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:33 – 00:04 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:04 – 01:35 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:35 – 03:06 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:06 – 04:37 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:37 – 06:08 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868480.27
Julian Day2456945.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0596°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)260.86°
🪷 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 (24.0596°), declination -8.42°, EoT 14.86 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: 2014-10-15 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)