पञ्चाङ्ग — Salem, Tamil Nadu · November 30, 2011 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: स्कन्द षष्ठी — Skanda Ṣaṣṭhī
Kārttikeya's victory over Tāraka. Important Shaiva day in Tamil tradition.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.45 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
स्वे स्वे कर्मण्यभिरतः संसिद्धिं लभते नरः।स्वकर्मनिरतः सिद्धिं यथा विन्दति तच्छृणु।।18.45।।
"18.45 Perfection is attained when each attends diligently to his duty. Listen and I will tell you how it is attained by him who always minds his own duty." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.45's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2068 Krodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1933 Khara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1418
Malayalam Era: 1187
Nanakshahi: 542
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya223.45°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
चन्द्र Candra285.94°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala134.71°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
बुध Budha233.22°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati7.34°MeṣaAśvinī P3
शुक्र Śukra250.18°DhanuMūla P4
शनि Śani181.33°TulāCitrā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:22 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:52 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:07 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:30 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:04 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 29 Mins 55 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 30 Mins 05 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:50 – 05:36
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:24 – 06:22
Abhijit Muhūrta11:44 – 12:30
Vijaya Muhūrta14:02 – 14:48
Godhūli Muhūrta17:40 – 18:04
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:52 – 18:21
Amṛta Kāla17:37 – 19:22
Niśīta Muhūrta23:44 – 00:30

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:07 – 13:33
Yamaganda07:48 – 09:14
Gulika Kāla10:41 – 12:07
Varjyam06:51 – 07:09
Dur Muhūrta 09:03 – 09:26

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:22 – 07:48 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:48 – 09:14 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:14 – 10:41 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:41 – 12:07 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:07 – 13:33 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:33 – 14:59 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:59 – 16:26 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:26 – 17:52 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:52 – 19:26 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:26 – 20:59 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:59 – 22:33 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:33 – 00:07 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:07 – 01:41 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:41 – 03:14 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:14 – 04:48 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:48 – 06:22 (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 Year5113 · Kali-5113
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867430.27 · 5112.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2455895.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0194° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)61.27° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 6/30)
🪷 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 (24.0194°) · declination -21.55° · EoT 10.50 min · verified ±1 min vs DrikpanchangLineage: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:2011-11-30 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)