पञ्चाङ्ग — Salem, Tamil Nadu · April 16, 2024 CE

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BG 7.2 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga

ज्ञानं तेऽहं सविज्ञानमिदं वक्ष्याम्यशेषतः।

यज्ज्ञात्वा नेह भूयोऽन्यज्ज्ञातव्यमवशिष्यते।।7.2।।

"7.2 I will reveal to this knowledge unto thee, and how it may be realised; which, once accomplished, there remains nothing else worth having in this life." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 7.2's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2081 Piṅgala

Śaka Saṁvat: 1946 Krodhi

Bengali Saṁvat: 1431

Malayalam Era: 1200

Nanakshahi: 555

Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)

Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Punarvasu Pada 4
योग (Yoga)	Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)	Bava
वार (Vāra)	Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	2.36°	Meṣa	Aśvinī P1
चन्द्र Candra	95.19°	Karka	Puṣya P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala	324.17°	Kumbha	Pūrva Bhādrapadā P2
बुध Budha	355.17°	Mīna	Revatī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati	26.51°	Meṣa	Bharaṇī P4
शुक्र Śukra	348.94°	Mīna	Revatī P1
शनि Śani	321.12°	Kumbha	Pūrva Bhādrapadā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	06:05 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	18:29 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:17 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	12:09 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	00:49 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	12 Hours 24 Mins 01 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	11 Hours 35 Mins 59 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	04:26 – 05:16
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	05:03 – 06:05
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:53 – 12:42
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:21 – 15:11
Godhūli Muhūrta	18:17 – 18:41
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	18:29 – 19:00
Amṛta Kāla	18:14 – 19:59
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:53 – 00:42

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	15:23 – 16:56
Yamaganda	09:11 – 10:44
Gulika Kāla	12:17 – 13:50
Varjyam	06:36 – 06:56
Dur Muhūrta	08:59 – 09:24

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)

Candra Vāsa: South-West

Rāhu Vāsa: North

Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)

Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)

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 · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga	06:05 – 07:38 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg	07:38 – 09:11 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala	09:11 – 10:44 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha	10:44 – 12:17 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta	12:17 – 13:50 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla	13:50 – 15:23 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha	15:23 – 16:56 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga	16:56 – 18:29 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla	18:29 – 19:56 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha	19:56 – 21:23 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga	21:23 – 22:50 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg	22:50 – 00:17 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala	00:17 – 01:44 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha	01:44 – 03:11 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta	03:11 – 04:38 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla	04:38 – 06:05 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 11.6643°

Longitude: 78.146°

Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Maṅgala Walk (मङ्गल यात्रा)

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Punarvasu alignment also occurred on:

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

-1626101-04-03 — Bhagavān Rāma's birth at Ayodhyā (same Punarvasu)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5126
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1871951.27
Julian Day	2460416.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1923°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	90.33°

🪷 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 (24.1923°), declination 10.24°, EoT 0.02 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: 2024-04-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)