पञ्चाङ्ग — Erode, Tamil Nadu · February 16, 2020 CE

Also observed today

कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति · Kumbha SaṅkrāntiPan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 4.1 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga

श्री भगवानुवाच

इमं विवस्वते योगं प्रोक्तवानहमव्ययम्।

विवस्वान् मनवे प्राह मनुरिक्ष्वाकवेऽब्रवीत्।।4.1।।

"4.1 "Lord Shri Krishna said: This imperishable philosophy I taught to Viwaswana, the founder of the Sun dynasty, Viwaswana gave it to Manu the lawgiver, and Manu to King Ikshwaku!" — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 4.1's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2077 Pramādī

Śaka Saṁvat: 1942 Śārvarī

Bengali Saṁvat: 1427

Malayalam Era: 1196

Nanakshahi: 551

Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)

Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Viśākhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)	Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)	Bālava
वार (Vāra)	Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	302.68°	Kumbha	Dhaniṣṭhā P3
चन्द्र Candra	214.06°	Vṛścika	Anurādhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala	245.32°	Dhanu	Mūla P2
बुध Budha	318.44°	Kumbha	Śatabhiṣā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati	262.72°	Dhanu	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
शुक्र Śukra	345.17°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P4
शनि Śani	272.55°	Makara	Uttara Āṣāḍhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	06:40 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	18:27 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:34 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	00:53 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	12:25 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	11 Hours 46 Mins 27 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	12 Hours 13 Mins 33 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	05:06 – 05:53
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	05:42 – 06:40
Abhijit Muhūrta	12:10 – 12:57
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:31 – 15:19
Godhūli Muhūrta	18:15 – 18:39
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	18:27 – 18:56
Amṛta Kāla	18:12 – 19:57
Niśīta Muhūrta	00:10 – 00:57

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	16:59 – 18:27
Yamaganda	12:34 – 14:02
Gulika Kāla	15:30 – 16:59
Varjyam	07:10 – 07:29
Dur Muhūrta	09:25 – 09:49

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)

Candra Vāsa: North-East

Rāhu Vāsa: North-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (Inauspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)

Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)

Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg	06:40 – 08:09 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala	08:09 – 09:37 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha	09:37 – 11:05 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta	11:05 – 12:34 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla	12:34 – 14:02 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha	14:02 – 15:30 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga	15:30 – 16:59 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg	16:59 – 18:27 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha	18:27 – 19:59 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga	19:59 – 21:30 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg	21:30 – 23:02 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala	23:02 – 00:34 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha	00:34 – 02:05 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta	02:05 – 03:37 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla	03:37 – 05:09 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha	05:09 – 06:40 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 11.341°

Longitude: 77.7172°

Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Sūrya Walk (सूर्य यात्रा)

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 Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:

-3226-07-09 — Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

-0562-04-11 — Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Viśākhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5121
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1870430.27
Julian Day	2458895.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1341°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	268.29°

🪷 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 (24.1341°), declination -12.57°, EoT -14.54 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: 2020-02-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)