पञ्चाङ्ग — Salem, Tamil Nadu · December 21, 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
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🪷 आज: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 9.16 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
अहं क्रतुरहं यज्ञः स्वधाऽहमहमौषधम्।

मंत्रोऽहमहमेवाज्यमहमग्निरहं हुतम्।।9.16।।
"9.16 I am the Oblation, the Sacrifice and the Worship; I am the Fuel and the Chant, I am the Butter offered to the fire, I am the Fire itself, and I am the Act of offering." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.16's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2069 Viśvāvasu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1934 Nandana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1419
Malayalam Era: 1188
Nanakshahi: 543
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya245.54°DhanuMūla P2
चन्द्र Candra345.00°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala271.93°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
बुध Budha229.77°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati44.52°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2
शुक्र Śukra221.86°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3
शनि Śani194.32°TulāSvātī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:33 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:59 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:16 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:49 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:59 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 26 Mins 22 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 33 Mins 38 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:01 – 05:47
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:36 – 06:33
Abhijit Muhūrta11:53 – 12:39
Vijaya Muhūrta14:10 – 14:56
Godhūli Muhūrta17:47 – 18:11
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:59 – 18:28
Amṛta Kāla17:44 – 19:29
Niśīta Muhūrta23:53 – 00:39

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:50 – 12:16
Yamaganda15:08 – 16:33
Gulika Kāla07:59 – 09:24
Varjyam07:01 – 07:20
Dur Muhūrta 09:13 – 09:36

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:33 – 07:59 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:59 – 09:24 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:24 – 10:50 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:50 – 12:16 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:16 – 13:42 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:42 – 15:08 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:08 – 16:33 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:33 – 17:59 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:59 – 19:33 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:33 – 21:08 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:08 – 22:42 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:42 – 00:16 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:16 – 01:50 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:50 – 03:24 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:24 – 04:59 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:59 – 06:33 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Navamī + Uttara Bhādrapadā alignment also occurred on:
-1626101-04-03Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Śukla Navamī)

🌌 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 Year5114 · Kali-5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867817.27 · 5113.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2456282.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0342° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)96.51° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 9/30)
🪷 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 (24.0342°) · declination -23.44° · EoT 1.38 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:2012-12-21 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)