पञ्चाङ्ग — Salem, Tamil Nadu · April 3, 2015 CE

🪷 आज: मीन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mīna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Pisces; Mīna-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 12.17 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
यो न हृष्यति न द्वेष्टि न शोचति न काङ्क्षति।शुभाशुभपरित्यागी भक्ितमान्यः स मे प्रियः।।12.17।।
"12.17 He who is beyond joy and hate, who neither laments nor desires, to whom good and evil fortunes are the same, such a one is My beloved." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2072 Kīlaka
Śaka Saṁvat: 1937 Manmatha
Bengali Saṁvat: 1422
Malayalam Era: 1191
Nanakshahi: 546
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vṛddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya348.91°MīnaRevatī P1
चन्द्र Candra152.95°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala7.42°MeṣaAśvinī P3
बुध Budha341.27°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati107.79°KarkaAśleṣā P1
शुक्र Śukra25.63°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
शनि Śani220.32°VṛścikaAnurādhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:13 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:29 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:21 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)17:14 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:21 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 15 Mins 19 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 44 Mins 41 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:35 – 05:24
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:12 – 06:13
Abhijit Muhūrta11:57 – 12:46
Vijaya Muhūrta14:24 – 15:13
Godhūli Muhūrta18:17 – 18:41
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:29 – 18:59
Amṛta Kāla18:14 – 19:59
Niśīta Muhūrta23:57 – 00:46

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:49 – 12:21
Yamaganda15:25 – 16:57
Gulika Kāla07:45 – 09:17
Varjyam06:44 – 07:04
Dur Muhūrta 09:05 – 09:30

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Prajāpati (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (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):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:13 – 07:45 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:45 – 09:17 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:17 – 10:49 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:49 – 12:21 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:21 – 13:53 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:53 – 15:25 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:25 – 16:57 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:57 – 18:29 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:29 – 19:57 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:57 – 21:25 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:25 – 22:53 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:53 – 00:21 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:21 – 01:49 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:49 – 03:17 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:17 – 04:45 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:45 – 06:13 (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

Kali Year5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868650.27
Julian Day2457115.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0661°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)163.48°
🪷 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 (24.0661°), declination 5.12°, EoT -3.71 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: 2015-04-03 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)