पञ्चाङ्ग — Salem, Tamil Nadu · October 17, 2001 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: शारदीय नवरात्रि आरम्भ — Śāradīya Navrātri Start
Autumn Navrātri begins; Devī Mahiṣāsura-mardinī worship for 9 nights.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 12.8 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
मय्येव मन आधत्स्व मयि बुद्धिं निवेशय।निवसिष्यसि मय्येव अत ऊर्ध्वं न संशयः।।12.8।।
"12.8 Then let thy mind cling only to Me, let thy intellect abide in Me; and without doubt thou shalt live hereafter in Me alone." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2058 Jaya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1923 Vṛṣa
Bengali Saṁvat: 1408
Malayalam Era: 1177
Nanakshahi: 532
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Citrā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Kiṃstughna
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya179.86°KanyāCitrā P2
चन्द्र Candra182.94°TulāCitrā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala268.93°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
बुध Budha173.68°KanyāCitrā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati81.27°MithunaPunarvasu P1
शुक्र Śukra158.06°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
शनि Śani50.65°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:06 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:58 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:02 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:21 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:08 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 51 Mins 33 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 08 Mins 27 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:32 – 05:19
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:07 – 06:06
Abhijit Muhūrta11:38 – 12:26
Vijaya Muhūrta14:01 – 14:48
Godhūli Muhūrta17:46 – 18:10
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:58 – 18:28
Amṛta Kāla17:43 – 19:28
Niśīta Muhūrta23:38 – 00:26

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:02 – 13:31
Yamaganda07:35 – 09:04
Gulika Kāla10:33 – 12:02
Varjyam06:36 – 06:55
Dur Muhūrta 08:52 – 09:16

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (Auspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu:
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Tropical Ayana:
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 Labha06:06 – 07:35 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:35 – 09:04 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:04 – 10:33 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:33 – 12:02 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:02 – 13:31 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:31 – 15:00 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:00 – 16:29 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:29 – 17:58 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:58 – 19:29 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:29 – 21:00 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:00 – 22:31 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:31 – 00:02 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:02 – 01:33 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:33 – 03:04 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:04 – 04:35 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:35 – 06:06 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 11.6643°
Longitude: 78.146°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 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 Year5103 · Kali-5103
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1863734.27 · 5102.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2452199.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8780° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)4.30° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 1/30)
🪷 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 (23.8780°) · declination -9.21° · EoT 15.23 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:2001-10-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)