पञ्चाङ्ग — Salem, Tamil Nadu · December 22, 2024 CE

🪷 आज: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 14.8 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
तमस्त्वज्ञानजं विद्धि मोहनं सर्वदेहिनाम्।प्रमादालस्यनिद्राभिस्तन्निबध्नाति भारत।।14.8।।
"14.8 But Ignorance, the product of darkness, stupefies the senses in all embodied beings, binding them by chains of folly, indolence and lethargy." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2081 Piṅgala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1946 Krodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1431
Malayalam Era: 1200
Nanakshahi: 555
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Saptamī (22/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya246.48°DhanuMūla P2
चन्द्र Candra146.86°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala100.05°KarkaPuṣya P3
बुध Budha224.38°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati50.14°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P4
शुक्र Śukra292.27°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
शनि Śani319.74°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:33 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:00 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:17 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:33 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:43 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 26 Mins 22 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 33 Mins 38 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:02 – 05:48
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:36 – 06:33
Abhijit Muhūrta11:54 – 12:39
Vijaya Muhūrta14:11 – 14:57
Godhūli Muhūrta17:48 – 18:12
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:00 – 18:28
Amṛta Kāla17:45 – 19:30
Niśīta Muhūrta23:54 – 00:39

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:34 – 18:00
Yamaganda12:17 – 13:42
Gulika Kāla15:08 – 16:34
Varjyam07:02 – 07:20
Dur Muhūrta 09:13 – 09:36

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Chatra (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg06:33 – 07:59 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala07:59 – 09:25 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:25 – 10:51 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:51 – 12:17 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:17 – 13:42 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:42 – 15:08 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:08 – 16:34 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:34 – 18:00 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:00 – 19:34 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:34 – 21:08 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:08 – 22:42 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:42 – 00:17 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:17 – 01:51 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:51 – 03:25 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:25 – 04:59 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha04:59 – 06:33 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5126
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1872201.27
Julian Day2460666.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2019°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)260.16°
🪷 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 (24.2019°), declination -23.43°, EoT 0.91 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: 2024-12-22 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)