पञ्चाङ्ग — Salem, Tamil Nadu · January 28, 2013 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: 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 10.20 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
अहमात्मा गुडाकेश सर्वभूताशयस्थितः।

अहमादिश्च मध्यं च भूतानामन्त एव च।।10.20।।
"10.20 O Arjuna! I am the Self, seated in the hearts of all beings; I am the beginning and the life, and I am the end of them all." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.20's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa 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 (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya284.24°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
चन्द्र Candra114.02°KarkaAśleṣā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala301.84°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
बुध Budha290.78°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati41.89°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
शुक्र Śukra269.45°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शनि Śani196.82°TulāSvātī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:42 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:18 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:30 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:54 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)07:25 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 36 Mins 03 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 23 Mins 57 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:10 – 05:56
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:44 – 06:42
Abhijit Muhūrta12:07 – 12:54
Vijaya Muhūrta14:26 – 15:13
Godhūli Muhūrta18:06 – 18:30
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:18 – 18:47
Amṛta Kāla18:03 – 19:48
Niśīta Muhūrta00:07 – 00:54

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:09 – 09:36
Yamaganda11:03 – 12:30
Gulika Kāla13:57 – 15:24
Varjyam07:11 – 07:30
Dur Muhūrta 09:25 – 09:48

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (Auspicious)
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):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:42 – 08:09 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:09 – 09:36 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:36 – 11:03 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga11:03 – 12:30 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:30 – 13:57 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:57 – 15:24 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:24 – 16:51 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:51 – 18:18 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala18:18 – 19:51 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:51 – 21:24 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:24 – 22:57 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:57 – 00:30 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:30 – 02:03 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga02:03 – 03:36 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:36 – 05:09 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:09 – 06:42 (neutral)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 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)1867855.27 · 5114.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2456320.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0357° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)189.98° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 16/30)
🪷 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 (24.0357°) · declination -18.19° · EoT -12.97 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:2013-01-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)