पञ्चाङ्ग — Erode, Tamil Nadu · December 19, 2016 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 10.39 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
यच्चापि सर्वभूतानां बीजं तदहमर्जुन।

न तदस्ति विना यत्स्यान्मया भूतं चराचरम्।।10.39।।
"10.39 I am the Seed of all being, O Arjuna! No creature moving or unmoving can live without Me." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.39's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya243.47°DhanuMūla P2
चन्द्र Candra129.84°SiṃhaMaghā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala305.40°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
बुध Budha260.93°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati174.97°KanyāCitrā P1
शुक्र Śukra288.79°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
शनि Śani235.59°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:33 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:01 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:17 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:32 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:53 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 27 Mins 34 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 32 Mins 26 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:01 – 05:47
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:36 – 06:33
Abhijit Muhūrta11:54 – 12:40
Vijaya Muhūrta14:11 – 14:57
Godhūli Muhūrta17:49 – 18:13
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:01 – 18:29
Amṛta Kāla17:46 – 19:31
Niśīta Muhūrta23:54 – 00:40

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:59 – 09:25
Yamaganda10:51 – 12:17
Gulika Kāla13:43 – 15:09
Varjyam07:02 – 07:20
Dur Muhūrta 09:13 – 09:36

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
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):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:33 – 07:59 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:59 – 09:25 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:25 – 10:51 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:51 – 12:17 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:17 – 13:43 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:43 – 15:09 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:09 – 16:35 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:35 – 18:01 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala18:01 – 19:35 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:35 – 21:09 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:09 – 22:43 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:43 – 00:17 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:17 – 01:51 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:51 – 03:25 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:25 – 04:59 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:59 – 06:33 (neutral)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869276.27
Julian Day2457741.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0900°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)244.46°
🪷 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 (24.0900°), declination -23.41°, EoT 2.32 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: 2016-12-19 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)