पञ्चाङ्ग — Salem, Tamil Nadu · February 18, 2017 CE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 12.3 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
ये त्वक्षरमनिर्देश्यमव्यक्तं पर्युपासते।सर्वत्रगमचिन्त्यं च कूटस्थमचलं ध्रुवम्।।12.3।।
"12.3 Those who worship Me as the Indestructible, the Undefinable, the Omnipresent, the Unthinkable, the Primeval, the Immutable and the Eternal;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.3's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Saptamī (22/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Viśākhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya305.48°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
चन्द्र Candra207.07°TulāViśākhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala351.08°MīnaRevatī P2
बुध Budha292.30°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati178.35°KanyāCitrā P2
शुक्र Śukra345.11°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
शनि Śani241.74°DhanuMūla P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:38 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:26 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:32 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)00:11 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:45 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 47 Mins 29 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 12 Mins 31 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:04 – 05:51
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:39 – 06:38
Abhijit Muhūrta12:08 – 12:55
Vijaya Muhūrta14:30 – 15:17
Godhūli Muhūrta18:14 – 18:38
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:26 – 18:55
Amṛta Kāla18:11 – 19:56
Niśīta Muhūrta00:08 – 00:55

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:35 – 11:03
Yamaganda14:00 – 15:29
Gulika Kāla06:38 – 08:07
Varjyam07:08 – 07:26
Dur Muhūrta 09:23 – 09:47

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Maitra (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Tulā · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla06:38 – 08:07 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:07 – 09:35 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:35 – 11:03 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg11:03 – 12:32 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:32 – 14:00 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha14:00 – 15:29 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:29 – 16:57 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:57 – 18:26 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:26 – 19:57 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:57 – 21:29 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:29 – 23:00 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha23:00 – 00:32 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:32 – 02:03 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg02:03 – 03:35 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:35 – 05:07 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:07 – 06:38 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 11.6643°
Longitude: 78.146°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Saptamī + Viśākhā alignment also occurred on:
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Viśākhā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869337.27
Julian Day2457802.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0923°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)262.23°
🪷 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 (24.0923°), declination -11.62°, EoT -14.43 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: 2017-02-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)