पञ्चाङ्ग — Salem, Tamil Nadu · December 4, 2017 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.13 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
देहिनोऽस्मिन्यथा देहे कौमारं यौवनं जरा।

तथा देहान्तरप्राप्तिर्धीरस्तत्र न मुह्यति।।2.13।।
"2.13 As the soul experiences in this body infancy, youth and old age, so finally it passes into another. The wise have no delusion about this." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.13's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa 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)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Rohiṇī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya227.97°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
चन्द्र Candra53.40°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala182.24°TulāCitrā P3
बुध Budha245.09°DhanuMūla P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati197.34°TulāSvātī P4
शुक्र Śukra219.02°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
शनि Śani243.86°DhanuMūla 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)18:08 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:53 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 28 Mins 39 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 31 Mins 21 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:52 – 05:38
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:27 – 06:24
Abhijit Muhūrta11:46 – 12:31
Vijaya Muhūrta14:03 – 14:49
Godhūli Muhūrta17:41 – 18:05
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:53 – 18:21
Amṛta Kāla17:38 – 19:23
Niśīta Muhūrta23:46 – 00:31

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:50 – 09:16
Yamaganda10:42 – 12:08
Gulika Kāla13:35 – 15:01
Varjyam06:53 – 07:11
Dur Muhūrta 09:05 – 09:28

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (Auspicious)
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):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:24 – 07:50 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:50 – 09:16 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:16 – 10:42 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:42 – 12:08 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:08 – 13:35 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:35 – 15:01 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:01 – 16:27 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:27 – 17:53 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:53 – 19:27 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:27 – 21:01 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:01 – 22:35 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:35 – 00:08 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:08 – 01:42 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:42 – 03:16 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:16 – 04:50 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:50 – 06:24 (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 Kṛṣṇa Pratipada + Rohiṇī alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Rohiṇī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869626.27
Julian Day2458091.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1034°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)184.07°
🪷 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 -22.24°, EoT 8.96 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: 2017-12-04 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)