पञ्चाङ्ग — Erode, Tamil Nadu · January 8, 2028 CE

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

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.9 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
सुहृन्मित्रार्युदासीनमध्यस्थद्वेष्यबन्धुषु।

साधुष्वपि च पापेषु समबुद्धिर्विशिष्यते।।6.9।।
"6.9 He looks impartially on all - lover, friend or foe; indifferent or hostile; alien or relative; virtuous or sinful." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.9's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2085 Durmati
Śaka Saṁvat: 1950 Kīlaka
Bengali Saṁvat: 1435
Malayalam Era: 1204
Nanakshahi: 559
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ekādaśī (11/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Kṛttikā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya263.02°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra28.04°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala278.79°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
बुध Budha278.24°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati153.05°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
शुक्र Śukra298.96°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
शनि Śani357.00°MīnaRevatī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:41 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:11 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:26 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)14:28 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:04 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 29 Mins 35 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 30 Mins 25 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:09 – 05:55
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:44 – 06:41
Abhijit Muhūrta12:03 – 12:49
Vijaya Muhūrta14:21 – 15:07
Godhūli Muhūrta17:59 – 18:23
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:11 – 18:39
Amṛta Kāla17:56 – 19:41
Niśīta Muhūrta00:03 – 00:49

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:33 – 11:00
Yamaganda13:52 – 15:18
Gulika Kāla06:41 – 08:07
Varjyam07:10 – 07:28
Dur Muhūrta 09:22 – 09:45

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (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):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:41 – 08:07 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:07 – 09:33 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:33 – 11:00 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg11:00 – 12:26 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:26 – 13:52 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:52 – 15:18 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:18 – 16:44 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:44 – 18:11 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:11 – 19:44 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:44 – 21:18 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:18 – 22:52 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:52 – 00:26 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:26 – 02:00 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg02:00 – 03:33 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:33 – 05:07 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:07 – 06:41 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 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 Year5129
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1873313.27
Julian Day2461778.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2444°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)126.80°
🪷 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 (24.2444°), declination -22.32°, EoT -6.70 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: 2028-01-08 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)