पञ्चाङ्ग — Salem, Tamil Nadu · August 3, 1996 CE

🕉️ Sapta-Mokṣa-Puri · Localize for your Pīṭha
अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: सङ्कष्टी चतुर्थी — Saṅkaṣṭī Caturthī
Monthly Gaṇeśa vrata.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.56 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
सर्वकर्माण्यपि सदा कुर्वाणो मद्व्यपाश्रयः।मत्प्रसादादवाप्नोति शाश्वतं पदमव्ययम्।।18.56।।
"18.56 Relying on Me in all his action and doing them for My sake, he attains, by My Grace, Eternal and Unchangeable Life." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.56's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2053 Virodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1918 Dhātṛ
Bengali Saṁvat: 1403
Malayalam Era: 1172
Nanakshahi: 527
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya107.18°KarkaAśleṣā P1
चन्द्र Candra337.24°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala71.81°MithunaĀrdrā P2
बुध Budha128.40°SiṃhaMaghā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati255.60°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra62.69°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
शनि Śani343.36°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:05 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:42 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:23 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)21:41 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:46 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 36 Mins 57 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 23 Mins 03 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:24 – 05:14
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:02 – 06:05
Abhijit Muhūrta11:58 – 12:49
Vijaya Muhūrta14:29 – 15:20
Godhūli Muhūrta18:30 – 18:54
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:42 – 19:13
Amṛta Kāla18:27 – 20:12
Niśīta Muhūrta23:58 – 00:49

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:14 – 10:49
Yamaganda13:58 – 15:33
Gulika Kāla06:05 – 07:39
Varjyam06:36 – 06:57
Dur Muhūrta 09:01 – 09:27

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mausala (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:05 – 07:39 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:39 – 09:14 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:14 – 10:49 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:49 – 12:23 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:23 – 13:58 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:58 – 15:33 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:33 – 17:07 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:07 – 18:42 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:42 – 20:07 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:07 – 21:33 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:33 – 22:58 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:58 – 00:23 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:23 – 01:49 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:49 – 03:14 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:14 – 04:39 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:39 – 06:05 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 11.6643°
Longitude: 78.146°
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 Time — Where This Moment Sits in the Mahāyuga

These five values anchor today within the Sūrya-Siddhānta time-architecture. Kali Year counts from the Kali-epoch (18 Feb 3102 BCE · midnight Ujjain · when Krishna's mortal-form departed). Ahargaṇa is the day-count since that epoch — the canonical time-coordinate used by every Vedic computation on this substrate. Julian Day is the astronomical universal day-number (continuous · no calendar discontinuities). Ayanāṁśa is the angular offset between sidereal (rāśi-based · the Vedic frame) and tropical (equinox-based) coordinates · currently growing at ~50.29″/year as Earth's axis precesses. Sun-Moon angle determines the tithi (0-360° elongation / 12° per tithi).

Kali Year5098 · Kali-5098
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1861833.27 · 5097.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450298.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8053° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)227.81° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 19/30)
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate:Vidhyamitra Sūrya-SiddhāntaMethod:Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equationTier-2 localization:spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanāṁśa (23.8053°) · declination 17.47° · EoT -5.88 min · city civil-time localizationLineage:Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Maitreya → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara I → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Jyeṣṭhadeva → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrateAccess:Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed (the bhakta's sole niṣkāma-karma-sevā)Computed for:1996-08-03 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)