पञ्चाङ्ग — Erode, Tamil Nadu · January 12, 2020 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 3.9 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
यज्ञार्थात्कर्मणोऽन्यत्र लोकोऽयं कर्मबन्धनः।

तदर्थं कर्म कौन्तेय मुक्तसंगः समाचर।।3.9।।
"3.9 In this world people are fettered by action, unless it is performed as a sacrifice. Therefore, O Arjuna, let thy acts be done without attachment, as sacrifice only." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.9's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2077 Pramādī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1942 Śārvarī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1427
Malayalam Era: 1196
Nanakshahi: 551
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā (17/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya267.14°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra103.49°KarkaPuṣya P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala221.43°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
बुध Budha267.78°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati255.09°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra303.47°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
शनि Śani268.52°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:42 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:13 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:27 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:15 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)07:51 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 30 Mins 37 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 29 Mins 23 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:10 – 05:56
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:45 – 06:42
Abhijit Muhūrta12:04 – 12:50
Vijaya Muhūrta14:22 – 15:09
Godhūli Muhūrta18:01 – 18:25
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:13 – 18:41
Amṛta Kāla17:58 – 19:43
Niśīta Muhūrta00:04 – 00:50

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:46 – 18:13
Yamaganda12:27 – 13:54
Gulika Kāla15:20 – 16:46
Varjyam07:11 – 07:29
Dur Muhūrta 09:23 – 09:46

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (Auspicious)
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):
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 Udveg06:42 – 08:08 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:08 – 09:35 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:35 – 11:01 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:01 – 12:27 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:27 – 13:54 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:54 – 15:20 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:20 – 16:46 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:46 – 18:13 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:13 – 19:46 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:46 – 21:20 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:20 – 22:54 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:54 – 00:27 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:27 – 02:01 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:01 – 03:35 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:35 – 05:08 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:08 – 06:42 (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 Year5121
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870395.27
Julian Day2458860.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1328°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)194.53°
🪷 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 (24.1328°), declination -21.75°, EoT -8.27 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: 2020-01-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)