पञ्चाङ्ग — Salem, Tamil Nadu · January 20, 2013 CE

🪷 आज: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 10.12 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाच

परं ब्रह्म परं धाम पवित्रं परमं भवान्।

पुरुषं शाश्वतं दिव्यमादिदेवमजं विभुम्।।10.12।।
"10.12 Arjuna asked: Thou art the Supreme Spirit, the Eternal Home, the Holiest of the Holy, the Eternal Divine Self, the Primal God, the Unborn and the Omnipresent." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.12's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2070 Parābhava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1935 Vijaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1420
Malayalam Era: 1189
Nanakshahi: 544
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Navamī (9/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Sādhya
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya276.10°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra17.66°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala295.52°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
बुध Budha277.06°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati42.07°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
शुक्र Śukra259.42°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
शनि Śani196.47°TulāSvātī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:42 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:15 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:28 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)12:59 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)01:30 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 32 Mins 34 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 27 Mins 26 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:10 – 05:56
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:44 – 06:42
Abhijit Muhūrta12:05 – 12:51
Vijaya Muhūrta14:24 – 15:10
Godhūli Muhūrta18:03 – 18:27
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:15 – 18:44
Amṛta Kāla18:00 – 19:45
Niśīta Muhūrta00:05 – 00:51

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:48 – 18:15
Yamaganda12:28 – 13:55
Gulika Kāla15:22 – 16:48
Varjyam07:11 – 07:29
Dur Muhūrta 09:24 – 09:47

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:42 – 08:09 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:09 – 09:35 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:35 – 11:02 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:02 – 12:28 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:28 – 13:55 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:55 – 15:22 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:22 – 16:48 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:48 – 18:15 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:15 – 19:48 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:48 – 21:22 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:22 – 22:55 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:55 – 00:28 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:28 – 02:02 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:02 – 03:35 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:35 – 05:09 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:09 – 06:42 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5114
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867847.27
Julian Day2456312.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0353°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)99.52°
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta
Method: Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equation
Tier-2 city localization: spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanamsa (24.0353°), declination -20.12°, EoT -10.96 min · verified ±1 min vs Drikpanchang
Lineage: Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate
Access: Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed
Computed for: 2013-01-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)