पञ्चाङ्ग — Salem, Tamil Nadu · January 26, 2015 CE

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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 11.5 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga🪷 Paśya Me Pārtha Rūpāṇi · Behold My Forms
श्री भगवानुवाच

पश्य मे पार्थ रूपाणि शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः।

नानाविधानि दिव्यानि नानावर्णाकृतीनि च।।11.5।।
"11.5 Lord Shri Krishna replied: Behold, O Arjuna! My celestial forms, by hundred and thousands, various in kind, in colour and in shape." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.5'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 Ṣaṣṭhī (6/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Revatī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya281.68°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
चन्द्र Candra356.92°MīnaRevatī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala316.32°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
बुध Budha291.02°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati114.32°KarkaAśleṣā P3
शुक्र Śukra303.76°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
शनि Śani218.78°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:43 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:17 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:30 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)11:22 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)23:40 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 34 Mins 54 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 25 Mins 06 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:10 – 05:56
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:45 – 06:43
Abhijit Muhūrta12:07 – 12:53
Vijaya Muhūrta14:26 – 15:12
Godhūli Muhūrta18:05 – 18:29
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:17 – 18:46
Amṛta Kāla18:02 – 19:47
Niśīta Muhūrta00:07 – 00:53

⚠️ 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: Dhūmra (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 · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:43 – 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 – 18:17 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala18:17 – 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 – 06:43 (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 Year5116 · Kali-5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868583.27 · 5116.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457048.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0635° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)71.94° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 6/30)
🪷 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 (24.0635°) · declination -18.83° · EoT -12.54 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:2015-01-26 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)