पञ्चाङ्ग — Erode, Tamil Nadu · January 31, 2023 CE

Also observed today

पोङ्गल · Pongal / Thai PongalRegional

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 14.18 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga

ऊर्ध्वं गच्छन्ति सत्त्वस्था मध्ये तिष्ठन्ति राजसाः।जघन्यगुणवृत्तिस्था अधो गच्छन्ति तामसाः।।14.18।।

"14.18 When Purity is in the ascendant, the man evolves; when Passion, he neither evolves nor degenerates; when Ignorance, he is lost." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 14.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2080 Nala

Śaka Saṁvat: 1945 Śobhana

Bengali Saṁvat: 1430

Malayalam Era: 1199

Nanakshahi: 554

Solar Month: Makara (Tai)

Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Daśamī (10/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Rohiṇī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)	Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)	Gara
वार (Vāra)	Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	286.71°	Makara	Śravaṇa P3
चन्द्र Candra	44.08°	Vṛṣabha	Rohiṇī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala	45.62°	Vṛṣabha	Rohiṇī P2
बुध Budha	261.38°	Dhanu	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati	341.72°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P3
शुक्र Śukra	310.42°	Kumbha	Śatabhiṣā P2
शनि Śani	301.64°	Kumbha	Dhaniṣṭhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	06:44 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	18:22 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:33 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	14:01 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	02:43 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	11 Hours 38 Mins 08 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	12 Hours 21 Mins 52 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	05:11 – 05:57
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	05:45 – 06:44
Abhijit Muhūrta	12:09 – 12:56
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:29 – 15:16
Godhūli Muhūrta	18:10 – 18:34
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	18:22 – 18:51
Amṛta Kāla	18:07 – 19:52
Niśīta Muhūrta	00:09 – 00:56

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	15:27 – 16:54
Yamaganda	09:38 – 11:05
Gulika Kāla	12:33 – 14:00
Varjyam	07:13 – 07:31
Dur Muhūrta	09:26 – 09:50

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)

Candra Vāsa: South-East

Rāhu Vāsa: North

Ānandādi Yoga: Maitra (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)

Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga	06:44 – 08:11 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg	08:11 – 09:38 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala	09:38 – 11:05 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha	11:05 – 12:33 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta	12:33 – 14:00 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla	14:00 – 15:27 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha	15:27 – 16:54 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga	16:54 – 18:22 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla	18:22 – 19:54 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha	19:54 – 21:27 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga	21:27 – 23:00 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg	23:00 – 00:33 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala	00:33 – 02:05 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha	02:05 – 03:38 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta	03:38 – 05:11 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla	05:11 – 06:44 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 11.341°

Longitude: 77.7172°

Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Maṅgala Walk (मङ्गल यात्रा)

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Daśamī + Rohiṇī alignment also occurred on:

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5124
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1871510.27
Julian Day	2459975.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1754°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	114.75°

🪷 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 (24.1754°), declination -17.50°, EoT -13.53 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: 2023-01-31 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)