पञ्चाङ्ग — Salem, Tamil Nadu · March 7, 2018 CE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.34 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
इन्द्रियस्येन्द्रियस्यार्थे रागद्वेषौ व्यवस्थितौ।

तयोर्न वशमागच्छेत्तौ ह्यस्य परिपन्थिनौ।।3.34।।
"3.34 The love and hate which are aroused by the objects of sense arise from Nature; do not yield to them. They only obstruct the path." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.34's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2075 Virodhakṛt
Śaka Saṁvat: 1940 Vilambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1425
Malayalam Era: 1194
Nanakshahi: 549
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Viśākhā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya322.31°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
चन्द्र Candra205.12°TulāViśākhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala239.43°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
बुध Budha336.86°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati208.91°TulāViśākhā P3
शुक्र Śukra335.74°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
शनि Śani253.49°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:30 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:28 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:29 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:53 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:28 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 57 Mins 57 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 02 Mins 03 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:54 – 05:42
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:30 – 06:30
Abhijit Muhūrta12:05 – 12:53
Vijaya Muhūrta14:29 – 15:17
Godhūli Muhūrta18:16 – 18:40
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:28 – 18:58
Amṛta Kāla18:13 – 19:58
Niśīta Muhūrta00:05 – 00:53

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:29 – 13:59
Yamaganda08:00 – 09:30
Gulika Kāla10:59 – 12:29
Varjyam07:00 – 07:19
Dur Muhūrta 09:18 – 09:42

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: North
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhātṛ (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
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 Labha06:30 – 08:00 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:00 – 09:30 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:30 – 10:59 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:59 – 12:29 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:29 – 13:59 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:59 – 15:29 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:29 – 16:58 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:58 – 18:28 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:28 – 19:58 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:58 – 21:29 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:29 – 22:59 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:59 – 00:29 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:29 – 01:59 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:59 – 03:30 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:30 – 05:00 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:00 – 06:30 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869719.27
Julian Day2458184.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1069°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)242.33°
🪷 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 (24.1069°), declination -5.36°, EoT -11.77 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: 2018-03-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)