पञ्चाङ्ग — Salem, Tamil Nadu · October 16, 2016 CE

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रास पूर्णिमा · Rāsa Pūrṇimā (Vraja Mahā-Rāsa)Vaishnava
महर्षि वाल्मीकि जयन्ती · Mahārṣi Vālmīki JayantīPan-Hindu
कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति · Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)Pan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 9.9 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga

न च मां तानि कर्माणि निबध्नन्ति धनञ्जय।

उदासीनवदासीनमसक्तं तेषु कर्मसु।।9.9।।

"9.9 But these acts of mine do not bind Me. I remain outside and unattached." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 9.9's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya

Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi

Bengali Saṁvat: 1423

Malayalam Era: 1192

Nanakshahi: 547

Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)

Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Revatī Pada 3
योग (Yoga)	Harṣaṇa
करण (Karaṇa)	Bava
वार (Vāra)	Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	179.02°	Kanyā	Citrā P2
चन्द्र Candra	357.02°	Mīna	Revatī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala	258.39°	Dhanu	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
बुध Budha	170.55°	Kanyā	Hasta P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati	163.22°	Kanyā	Hasta P1
शुक्र Śukra	212.97°	Vṛścika	Viśākhā P4
शनि Śani	228.56°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	06:06 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	17:58 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:02 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	17:45 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	06:04 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	11 Hours 51 Mins 56 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	12 Hours 08 Mins 04 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	04:31 – 05:19
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	05:07 – 06:06
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:39 – 12:26
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:01 – 14:48
Godhūli Muhūrta	17:46 – 18:10
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	17:58 – 18:28
Amṛta Kāla	17:43 – 19:28
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:39 – 00:26

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	16:29 – 17:58
Yamaganda	12:02 – 13:31
Gulika Kāla	15:00 – 16:29
Varjyam	06:36 – 06:55
Dur Muhūrta	08:53 – 09:16

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)

Candra Vāsa: South-West

Rāhu Vāsa: North-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (Auspicious)

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 · 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 Udveg	06:06 – 07:35 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala	07:35 – 09:04 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha	09:04 – 10:33 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta	10:33 – 12:02 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla	12:02 – 13:31 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha	13:31 – 15:00 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga	15:00 – 16:29 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg	16:29 – 17:58 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha	17:58 – 19:29 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga	19:29 – 21:00 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg	21:00 – 22:31 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala	22:31 – 00:02 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha	00:02 – 01:33 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta	01:33 – 03:04 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla	03:04 – 04:35 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha	04:35 – 06:06 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 11.6643°

Longitude: 78.146°

Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Sūrya Walk (सूर्य यात्रा)

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Revatī alignment also occurred on:

-3137-10-04 — Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

-0562-04-11 — Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1869212.27
Julian Day	2457677.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.0876°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	177.31°

🪷 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 (24.0876°), declination -8.98°, EoT 15.05 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: 2016-10-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)