पञ्चाङ्ग — Salem, Tamil Nadu · January 23, 2015 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 11.2 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
भवाप्ययौ हि भूतानां श्रुतौ विस्तरशो मया।

त्वत्तः कमलपत्राक्ष माहात्म्यमपि चाव्ययम्।।11.2।।
"11.2 O Lord, whose eyes are like the lotus petal! Thou hast described in detail the origin and the dissolution of being, and Thine own Eternal Majesty." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.2's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

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

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Tṛtīyā (3/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Varīyān
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya278.63°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
चन्द्र Candra313.53°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala313.98°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
बुध Budha292.68°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati114.69°KarkaAśleṣā P3
शुक्र Śukra300.02°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
शनि Śani218.55°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:42 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:16 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:29 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:54 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:44 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 33 Mins 36 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 26 Mins 24 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:10 – 05:56
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:45 – 06:42
Abhijit Muhūrta12:06 – 12:52
Vijaya Muhūrta14:25 – 15:11
Godhūli Muhūrta18:04 – 18:28
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:16 – 18:45
Amṛta Kāla18:01 – 19:46
Niśīta Muhūrta00:06 – 00:52

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla11:03 – 12:29
Yamaganda15:23 – 16:49
Gulika Kāla08:09 – 09:36
Varjyam07:11 – 07:30
Dur Muhūrta 09:24 – 09:47

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (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):
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 Chala06:42 – 08:09 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:09 – 09:36 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:36 – 11:03 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla11:03 – 12:29 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:29 – 13:56 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:56 – 15:23 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:23 – 16:49 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:49 – 18:16 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:16 – 19:49 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:49 – 21:23 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:23 – 22:56 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:56 – 00:29 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:29 – 02:03 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla02:03 – 03:36 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:36 – 05:09 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:09 – 06:42 (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 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 Year5116 · Kali-5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868580.27 · 5116.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457045.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0634° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)31.94° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 3/30)
🪷 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 (24.0634°) · declination -19.56° · EoT -11.81 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:2015-01-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)