पञ्चाङ्ग — Erode, Tamil Nadu · December 18, 2023 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 3.43 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
एवं बुद्धेः परं बुद्ध्वा संस्तभ्यात्मानमात्मना।

जहि शत्रुं महाबाहो कामरूपं दुरासदम्।।3.43।।
"3.43 Thus, O Mighty-in-Arms, knowing Him to be beyond the intellect and, by His help, subduing thy personal egotism, kill thine enemy, Desire, extremely difficult though it be."" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.43's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2080 Nala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1945 Śobhana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1430
Malayalam Era: 1199
Nanakshahi: 554
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vajra
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya241.65°DhanuMūla P1
चन्द्र Candra308.81°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala232.57°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
बुध Budha251.95°DhanuMūla P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati11.70°MeṣaAśvinī P4
शुक्र Śukra201.23°TulāViśākhā P1
शनि Śani308.03°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:33 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:00 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:16 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:51 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:39 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 27 Mins 39 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 32 Mins 21 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:01 – 05:47
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:35 – 06:33
Abhijit Muhūrta11:53 – 12:39
Vijaya Muhūrta14:11 – 14:57
Godhūli Muhūrta17:48 – 18:12
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:00 – 18:29
Amṛta Kāla17:45 – 19:30
Niśīta Muhūrta23:53 – 00:39

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:58 – 09:24
Yamaganda10:50 – 12:16
Gulika Kāla13:42 – 15:08
Varjyam07:01 – 07:20
Dur Muhūrta 09:13 – 09:36

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
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 Amṛta06:33 – 07:58 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:58 – 09:24 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:24 – 10:50 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:50 – 12:16 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:16 – 13:42 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:42 – 15:08 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:08 – 16:34 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:34 – 18:00 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala18:00 – 19:34 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:34 – 21:08 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:08 – 22:42 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:42 – 00:16 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:16 – 01:50 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:50 – 03:24 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:24 – 04:58 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:58 – 06:33 (neutral)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5125
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871831.27
Julian Day2460296.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1877°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)65.25°
🪷 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 (24.1877°), declination -23.37°, EoT 2.79 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: 2023-12-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)