पञ्चाङ्ग — Salem, Tamil Nadu · December 14, 1998 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: एकादशी — Ekādaśī
Sacred to Bhagavān Viṣṇu; vrata for purification.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.21 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
यद्यदाचरति श्रेष्ठस्तत्तदेवेतरो जनः।

स यत्प्रमाणं कुरुते लोकस्तदनुवर्तते।।3.21।।
"3.21 For whatever a great man does, others imitate. People conform to the standard which he has set." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.21's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2055 Khara
Śaka Saṁvat: 1920 Bahudhānya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1405
Malayalam Era: 1174
Nanakshahi: 529
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Citrā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya238.00°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
चन्द्र Candra184.08°TulāCitrā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala165.28°KanyāHasta P2
बुध Budha217.98°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati325.87°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
शुक्र Śukra249.05°DhanuMūla P3
शनि Śani3.09°MeṣaAśvinī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:29 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:56 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:13 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)02:44 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)14:31 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 26 Mins 51 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 33 Mins 09 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:58 – 05:44
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:32 – 06:29
Abhijit Muhūrta11:50 – 12:36
Vijaya Muhūrta14:07 – 14:53
Godhūli Muhūrta17:44 – 18:08
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:56 – 18:25
Amṛta Kāla17:41 – 19:26
Niśīta Muhūrta23:50 – 00:36

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:55 – 09:21
Yamaganda10:47 – 12:13
Gulika Kāla13:39 – 15:04
Varjyam06:58 – 07:16
Dur Muhūrta 09:10 – 09:33

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Tropical 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 · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:29 – 07:55 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:55 – 09:21 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:21 – 10:47 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:47 – 12:13 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:13 – 13:39 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:39 – 15:04 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:04 – 16:30 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:30 – 17:56 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:56 – 19:30 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:30 – 21:04 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:04 – 22:39 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:39 – 00:13 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:13 – 01:47 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:47 – 03:21 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:21 – 04:55 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:55 – 06:29 (neutral)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 11.6643°
Longitude: 78.146°
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 — 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 Year5100 · Kali-5100
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1862696.27 · 5099.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2451161.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8383° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)304.16° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 26/30)
🪷 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 (23.8383°) · declination -23.18° · EoT 4.64 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:1998-12-14 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)