पञ्चाङ्ग — Salem, Tamil Nadu · August 7, 2017 CE

🪷 आज: रक्षा बन्धन — Rakṣā Bandhana / Śrāvaṇa Pūrṇimā
Sister-brother bond; Brāhmaṇa Upākarma.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.19 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
ज्ञानं कर्म च कर्ता च त्रिधैव गुणभेदतः।प्रोच्यते गुणसंख्याने यथावच्छृणु तान्यपि।।18.19।।
"18.19 The knowledge, the act and the doer differ according to the Qualities. Listen to this too:" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.19's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya110.65°KarkaAśleṣā P2
चन्द्र Candra282.31°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala106.93°KarkaAśleṣā P1
बुध Budha135.90°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati173.41°KanyāCitrā P1
शुक्र Śukra73.09°MithunaĀrdrā P2
शनि Śani237.20°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:05 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:40 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:23 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:03 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:36 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 34 Mins 59 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 25 Mins 01 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:25 – 05:15
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:02 – 06:05
Abhijit Muhūrta11:58 – 12:48
Vijaya Muhūrta14:29 – 15:19
Godhūli Muhūrta18:28 – 18:52
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:40 – 19:12
Amṛta Kāla18:25 – 20:10
Niśīta Muhūrta23:58 – 00:48

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:40 – 09:14
Yamaganda10:49 – 12:23
Gulika Kāla13:57 – 15:32
Varjyam06:37 – 06:57
Dur Muhūrta 09:02 – 09:27

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:05 – 07:40 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:40 – 09:14 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:14 – 10:49 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:49 – 12:23 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:23 – 13:57 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:57 – 15:32 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:32 – 17:06 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta17:06 – 18:40 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala18:40 – 20:06 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha20:06 – 21:32 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:32 – 22:57 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:57 – 00:23 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:23 – 01:49 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:49 – 03:14 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:14 – 04:40 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:40 – 06:05 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Śravaṇa alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869507.27
Julian Day2457972.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0988°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)171.35°
🪷 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 (24.0988°), declination 16.41°, EoT -5.48 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: 2017-08-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)