पञ्चाङ्ग — Erode, Tamil Nadu · November 26, 2017 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.5 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
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श्रेयो भोक्तुं भैक्ष्यमपीह लोके।

हत्वार्थकामांस्तु गुरूनिहैव

भुञ्जीय भोगान् रुधिरप्रदिग्धान्।।2.5।।
"2.5 Rather would I content myself with a beggar's crust that kill these teachers of mine, these precious noble souls! To slay these masters who are my benefactors would be to stain the sweetness of life's pleasures with their blood." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.5's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya219.86°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
चन्द्र Candra302.31°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala177.21°KanyāCitrā P2
बुध Budha241.54°DhanuMūla P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati195.68°TulāSvātī P3
शुक्र Śukra208.97°TulāViśākhā P3
शनि Śani242.95°DhanuMūla P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:21 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:53 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:07 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:45 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:29 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 32 Mins 05 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 27 Mins 55 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:49 – 05:35
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:24 – 06:21
Abhijit Muhūrta11:44 – 12:30
Vijaya Muhūrta14:03 – 14:49
Godhūli Muhūrta17:41 – 18:05
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:53 – 18:22
Amṛta Kāla17:38 – 19:23
Niśīta Muhūrta23:44 – 00:30

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:27 – 17:53
Yamaganda12:07 – 13:34
Gulika Kāla15:00 – 16:27
Varjyam06:50 – 07:08
Dur Muhūrta 09:03 – 09:26

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:21 – 07:48 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:48 – 09:14 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:14 – 10:41 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:41 – 12:07 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:07 – 13:34 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:34 – 15:00 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:00 – 16:27 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:27 – 17:53 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:53 – 19:27 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:27 – 21:00 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:00 – 22:34 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:34 – 00:07 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:07 – 01:41 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:41 – 03:14 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:14 – 04:48 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:48 – 06:21 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Dhaniṣṭhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869618.27
Julian Day2458083.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1031°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)86.38°
🪷 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 (24.1031°), declination -20.94°, EoT 11.91 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: 2017-11-26 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)