पञ्चाङ्ग — Salem, Tamil Nadu · January 12, 2028 CE

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🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 6.13 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga

समं कायशिरोग्रीवं धारयन्नचलं स्थिरः।

संप्रेक्ष्य नासिकाग्रं स्वं दिशश्चानवलोकयन्।।6.13।।

"6.13 Let him hold body, head and neck erect, motionless and steady; let him look fixedly at the tip of his nose, turning neither to the right nor to the left." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 6.13's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2085 Durmati

Śaka Saṁvat: 1950 Kīlaka

Bengali Saṁvat: 1435

Malayalam Era: 1204

Nanakshahi: 559

Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)

Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Punarvasu Pada 2
योग (Yoga)	Vaidhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)	Bava
वार (Vāra)	Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	267.09°	Dhanu	Uttara Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra	85.27°	Mithuna	Punarvasu P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala	281.93°	Makara	Śravaṇa P1
बुध Budha	284.22°	Makara	Śravaṇa P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati	153.08°	Kanyā	Uttara Phalgunī P2
शुक्र Śukra	303.82°	Kumbha	Dhaniṣṭhā P4
शनि Śani	357.13°	Mīna	Revatī P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	06:41 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	18:10 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:26 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	17:57 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	06:40 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	11 Hours 29 Mins 34 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	12 Hours 30 Mins 26 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	05:09 – 05:55
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	05:43 – 06:41
Abhijit Muhūrta	12:03 – 12:49
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:21 – 15:07
Godhūli Muhūrta	17:58 – 18:22
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	18:10 – 18:39
Amṛta Kāla	17:55 – 19:40
Niśīta Muhūrta	00:03 – 00:49

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	12:26 – 13:52
Yamaganda	08:07 – 09:33
Gulika Kāla	10:59 – 12:26
Varjyam	07:10 – 07:28
Dur Muhūrta	09:22 – 09:45

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)

Candra Vāsa: South

Rāhu Vāsa: South-West

Ānandādi Yoga: Siddhi (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):
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 · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha	06:41 – 08:07 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta	08:07 – 09:33 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla	09:33 – 10:59 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha	10:59 – 12:26 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga	12:26 – 13:52 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg	13:52 – 15:18 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala	15:18 – 16:44 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha	16:44 – 18:10 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg	18:10 – 19:44 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala	19:44 – 21:18 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha	21:18 – 22:52 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta	22:52 – 00:26 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla	00:26 – 01:59 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha	01:59 – 03:33 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga	03:33 – 05:07 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg	05:07 – 06:41 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 11.6643°

Longitude: 78.146°

Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Budha Walk (बुध यात्रा)

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

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

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

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

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5129
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1873317.27
Julian Day	2461782.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.2446°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	176.96°

🪷 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 (24.2446°), declination -21.74°, EoT -8.27 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: 2028-01-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)