पञ्चाङ्ग — Salem, Tamil Nadu · February 22, 2012 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
?format=json (for AI agents · structured JSON envelope)
🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.4 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाच

कथं भीष्ममहं संख्ये द्रोणं च मधुसूदन।

इषुभिः प्रतियोत्स्यामि पूजार्हावरिसूदन।।2.4।।
"2.4 Arjuna argued: My Lord! How can I, when the battle rages, send an arrow through Bheeshma and Drona, who should receive my reverence?" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.4's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2069 Viśvāvasu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1934 Nandana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1419
Malayalam Era: 1188
Nanakshahi: 543
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pratipada (1/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Kiṃstughna
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya308.79°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
चन्द्र Candra309.83°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala143.51°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
बुध Budha320.42°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati11.45°MeṣaAśvinī P4
शुक्र Śukra351.85°MīnaRevatī P2
शनि Śani185.05°TulāCitrā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:37 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:26 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:32 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:42 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:30 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 49 Mins 26 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 10 Mins 34 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:02 – 05:49
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:38 – 06:37
Abhijit Muhūrta12:08 – 12:55
Vijaya Muhūrta14:30 – 15:17
Godhūli Muhūrta18:14 – 18:38
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:26 – 18:56
Amṛta Kāla18:11 – 19:56
Niśīta Muhūrta00:08 – 00:55

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:32 – 14:00
Yamaganda08:05 – 09:34
Gulika Kāla11:03 – 12:32
Varjyam07:06 – 07:25
Dur Muhūrta 09:22 – 09:46

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:37 – 08:05 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:05 – 09:34 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:34 – 11:03 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:03 – 12:32 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:32 – 14:00 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg14:00 – 15:29 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:29 – 16:58 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:58 – 18:26 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:26 – 19:58 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:58 – 21:29 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:29 – 23:00 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta23:00 – 00:32 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:32 – 02:03 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:03 – 03:34 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:34 – 05:05 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:05 – 06:37 (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)1867514.27 · 5113.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2455979.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0226° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)2.99° · 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 (24.0226°) · declination -10.47° · EoT -14.08 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:2012-02-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)