पञ्चाङ्ग — Salem, Tamil Nadu · December 3, 2017 CE

Also observed today

अन्नपूर्णा जयन्ती · Annapūrṇā JayantīShakta
वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति · Vṛścika SaṅkrāntiPan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 2.12 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga

न त्वेवाहं जातु नासं न त्वं नेमे जनाधिपाः।

न चैव न भविष्यामः सर्वे वयमतः परम्।।2.12।।

"2.12 There was never a time when I was not, nor thou, nor these princes were not; there will never be a time when we shall cease to be." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 2.12's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa

Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī

Bengali Saṁvat: 1424

Malayalam Era: 1193

Nanakshahi: 548

Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)

Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Kṛttikā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)	Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)	Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)	Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	226.95°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P1
चन्द्र Candra	38.19°	Vṛṣabha	Kṛttikā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala	181.62°	Tulā	Citrā P3
बुध Budha	245.13°	Dhanu	Mūla P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati	197.13°	Tulā	Svātī P4
शुक्र Śukra	217.76°	Vṛścika	Anurādhā P2
शनि Śani	243.74°	Dhanu	Mūla P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	06:24 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	17:53 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:08 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	17:13 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	05:53 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	11 Hours 28 Mins 54 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	12 Hours 31 Mins 06 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	04:52 – 05:38
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	05:26 – 06:24
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:45 – 12:31
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:03 – 14:49
Godhūli Muhūrta	17:41 – 18:05
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	17:53 – 18:21
Amṛta Kāla	17:38 – 19:23
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:45 – 00:31

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	16:26 – 17:53
Yamaganda	12:08 – 13:34
Gulika Kāla	15:00 – 16:26
Varjyam	06:52 – 07:11
Dur Muhūrta	09:04 – 09:27

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)

Candra Vāsa: South-East

Rāhu Vāsa: North-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (Inauspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)

Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

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):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg	06:24 – 07:50 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala	07:50 – 09:16 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha	09:16 – 10:42 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta	10:42 – 12:08 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla	12:08 – 13:34 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha	13:34 – 15:00 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga	15:00 – 16:26 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg	16:26 – 17:53 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha	17:53 – 19:26 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga	19:26 – 21:00 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg	21:00 – 22:34 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala	22:34 – 00:08 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha	00:08 – 01:42 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta	01:42 – 03:16 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla	03:16 – 04:50 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha	04:50 – 06:24 (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 + Kṛttikā alignment also occurred on:

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

-3137-12-25 — Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Kṛttikā)

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1869625.27
Julian Day	2458090.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1034°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	170.73°

🪷 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 (24.1034°), declination -22.10°, EoT 9.36 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: 2017-12-03 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)