पञ्चाङ्ग — Erode, Tamil Nadu · January 13, 2022 CE

🪷 आज: पौष पुत्रदा एकादशी — Pauṣa Putradā Ekādaśī
Ekādaśī granting putra-prāpti.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.40 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
इन्द्रियाणि मनो बुद्धिरस्याधिष्ठानमुच्यते।

एतैर्विमोहयत्येष ज्ञानमावृत्य देहिनम्।।3.40।।
"3.40 It works through the senses, the mind and the reason; and with their help destroys wisdom and confounds the soul." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.40's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2079 Rākṣasa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1944 Śubhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1429
Malayalam Era: 1198
Nanakshahi: 553
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ekādaśī (11/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Kṛttikā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śubha
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya268.66°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra34.76°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala237.26°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
बुध Budha285.75°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati308.83°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
शुक्र Śukra261.73°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani289.14°MakaraŚravaṇa P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:42 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:13 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:28 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:33 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:11 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 31 Mins 04 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 28 Mins 56 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:10 – 05:56
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:45 – 06:42
Abhijit Muhūrta12:05 – 12:51
Vijaya Muhūrta14:23 – 15:09
Godhūli Muhūrta18:01 – 18:25
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:13 – 18:42
Amṛta Kāla17:58 – 19:43
Niśīta Muhūrta00:05 – 00:51

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:54 – 15:21
Yamaganda06:42 – 08:09
Gulika Kāla09:35 – 11:01
Varjyam07:11 – 07:29
Dur Muhūrta 09:23 – 09:47

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (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):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:42 – 08:09 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:09 – 09:35 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:35 – 11:01 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:01 – 12:28 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:28 – 13:54 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:54 – 15:21 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:21 – 16:47 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:47 – 18:13 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:13 – 19:47 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:47 – 21:21 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:21 – 22:54 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:54 – 00:28 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:28 – 02:01 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:01 – 03:35 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:35 – 05:09 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:09 – 06:42 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Ekādaśī + Kṛttikā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Kṛttikā)
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Kṛttikā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5123
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871127.27
Julian Day2459592.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1608°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)123.93°
🪷 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 (24.1608°), declination -21.51°, EoT -8.64 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: 2022-01-13 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)