पञ्चाङ्ग — Erode, Tamil Nadu · January 24, 2016 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 2.34 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
अकीर्तिं चापि भूतानि कथयिष्यन्ति तेऽव्ययाम्।

संभावितस्य चाकीर्तिर्मरणादतिरिच्यते।।2.34।।
"2.34 Men will talk forever of thy disgrace; and to the noble, dishonour is worse than death." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.34's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Prīti
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya279.39°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra98.93°KarkaPuṣya P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala196.62°TulāSvātī P3
बुध Budha260.75°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati148.03°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
शुक्र Śukra245.92°DhanuMūla P2
शनि Śani229.15°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:44 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:19 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:31 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:11 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:48 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 34 Mins 51 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 25 Mins 09 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:11 – 05:57
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:46 – 06:44
Abhijit Muhūrta12:08 – 12:54
Vijaya Muhūrta14:27 – 15:13
Godhūli Muhūrta18:07 – 18:31
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:19 – 18:48
Amṛta Kāla18:04 – 19:49
Niśīta Muhūrta00:08 – 00:54

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:52 – 18:19
Yamaganda12:31 – 13:58
Gulika Kāla15:25 – 16:52
Varjyam07:13 – 07:31
Dur Muhūrta 09:26 – 09:49

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
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 · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:44 – 08:11 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:11 – 09:37 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:37 – 11:04 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:04 – 12:31 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:31 – 13:58 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:58 – 15:25 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:25 – 16:52 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:52 – 18:19 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:19 – 19:52 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:52 – 21:25 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:25 – 22:58 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:58 – 00:31 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:31 – 02:04 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:04 – 03:37 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:37 – 05:11 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:11 – 06:44 (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 Year5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868946.27
Julian Day2457411.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0774°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)181.27°
🪷 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 (24.0774°), declination -19.38°, EoT -12.06 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: 2016-01-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)