पञ्चाङ्ग — Salem, Tamil Nadu · January 20, 2015 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 10.41 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
यद्यद्विभूतिमत्सत्त्वं श्रीमदूर्जितमेव वा।

तत्तदेवावगच्छ त्वं मम तेजोंऽशसंभवम्।।10.41।।
"10.41 Whatever is glorious, excellent, beautiful and mighty, be assured that it comes from a fragment of My splendour." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.41's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2072 Kīlaka
Śaka Saṁvat: 1937 Manmatha
Bengali Saṁvat: 1422
Malayalam Era: 1191
Nanakshahi: 546
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā (30/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)Catuṣpāda
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya275.58°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra268.51°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala311.64°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
बुध Budha292.63°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati115.05°KarkaAśleṣā P3
शुक्र Śukra296.28°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
शनि Śani218.31°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2

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)06:16 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:44 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 32 Mins 23 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 27 Mins 37 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 – 18:43
Amṛta Kāla18:00 – 19:45
Niśīta Muhūrta00:05 – 00:51

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:21 – 16:48
Yamaganda09:35 – 11:02
Gulika Kāla12:28 – 13:55
Varjyam07:11 – 07:30
Dur Muhūrta 09:24 – 09:47

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:42 – 08:09 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:09 – 09:35 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:35 – 11:02 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:02 – 12:28 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:28 – 13:55 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:55 – 15:21 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:21 – 16:48 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:48 – 18:15 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:15 – 19:48 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:48 – 21:21 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:21 – 22:55 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:55 – 00:28 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:28 – 02:02 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:02 – 03:35 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:35 – 05:09 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:09 – 06:42 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā + Uttara Āṣāḍhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868577.27
Julian Day2457042.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0633°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)351.85°
🪷 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 (24.0633°), declination -20.22°, 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: 2015-01-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)