पञ्चाङ्ग — Salem, Tamil Nadu · October 16, 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: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.59 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
यदहङ्कारमाश्रित्य न योत्स्य इति मन्यसे।मिथ्यैष व्यवसायस्ते प्रकृतिस्त्वां नियोक्ष्यति।।18.59।।
"18.59 If thou in thy vanity thinkest of avoiding this fight, thy will shall not be fulfilled, for Nature herself will compel thee." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.59's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2072 Kīlaka
Śaka Saṁvat: 1937 Manmatha
Bengali Saṁvat: 1422
Malayalam Era: 1191
Nanakshahi: 546
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Anurādhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya178.29°KanyāCitrā P2
चन्द्र Candra211.69°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala138.75°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
बुध Budha160.05°KanyāHasta P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati139.01°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
शुक्र Śukra132.00°SiṃhaMaghā P4
शनि Śani218.11°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:06 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:59 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:02 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:30 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:02 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 52 Mins 24 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 07 Mins 36 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:31 – 05:19
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:07 – 06:06
Abhijit Muhūrta11:39 – 12:26
Vijaya Muhūrta14:01 – 14:49
Godhūli Muhūrta17:47 – 18:11
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:59 – 18:28
Amṛta Kāla17:44 – 19:29
Niśīta Muhūrta23:39 – 00:26

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:33 – 12:02
Yamaganda15:00 – 16:30
Gulika Kāla07:35 – 09:04
Varjyam06:36 – 06:55
Dur Muhūrta 08:52 – 09:16

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Vajra (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:06 – 07:35 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:35 – 09:04 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:04 – 10:33 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:33 – 12:02 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:02 – 13:31 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:31 – 15:00 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:00 – 16:30 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:30 – 17:59 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:59 – 19:30 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:30 – 21:00 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:00 – 22:31 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:31 – 00:02 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:02 – 01:33 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:33 – 03:04 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:04 – 04:35 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:35 – 06:06 (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 Year5117 · Kali-5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868846.27 · 5116.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457311.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0736° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)36.30° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 4/30)
🪷 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 (24.0736°) · declination -8.70° · EoT 15.05 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:2015-10-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)