पञ्चाङ्ग — Salem, Tamil Nadu · February 15, 1997 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: भीष्माष्टमी — Bhīṣmāṣṭamī
Bhīṣma's mahaprasthāna anniversary (Māgha Śukla 8); Bhīṣma-tarpaṇa.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 4.12 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
काङ्क्षन्तः कर्मणां सिद्धिं यजन्त इह देवताः।

क्षिप्रं हि मानुषे लोके सिद्धिर्भवति कर्मजा।।4.12।।
"4.12 Those who look for success, worship the Powers; and in this world their actions bear immediate fruit." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.12's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2054 Vikṛti
Śaka Saṁvat: 1919 Īśvara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1404
Malayalam Era: 1173
Nanakshahi: 528
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Kṛttikā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya302.58°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
चन्द्र Candra40.46°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala161.54°KanyāHasta P1
बुध Budha284.89°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati281.92°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
शुक्र Śukra291.11°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
शनि Śani341.20°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:39 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:25 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:32 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:43 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:24 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 45 Mins 37 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 14 Mins 23 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:05 – 05:52
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:40 – 06:39
Abhijit Muhūrta12:08 – 12:56
Vijaya Muhūrta14:30 – 15:17
Godhūli Muhūrta18:13 – 18:37
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:25 – 18:54
Amṛta Kāla18:10 – 19:55
Niśīta Muhūrta00:08 – 00:56

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:36 – 11:04
Yamaganda14:00 – 15:28
Gulika Kāla06:39 – 08:07
Varjyam07:09 – 07:27
Dur Muhūrta 09:24 – 09:47

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ 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 Kāla06:39 – 08:07 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:07 – 09:36 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:36 – 11:04 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg11:04 – 12:32 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:32 – 14:00 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha14:00 – 15:28 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:28 – 16:57 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:57 – 18:25 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:25 – 19:57 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:57 – 21:28 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:28 – 23:00 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha23:00 – 00:32 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:32 – 02:04 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg02:04 – 03:36 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:36 – 05:07 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:07 – 06:39 (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-Historical Resonance

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

🌌 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)1862029.27 · 5098.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450494.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8128° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)94.76° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 8/30)
🪷 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 (23.8128°) · declination -12.72° · EoT -14.57 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:1997-02-15 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)