पञ्चाङ्ग — Amarnāth · December 16, 2004 CE

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🪷 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 5.27 · Chapter 5 · कर्मसंन्यासयोग · Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
स्पर्शान्कृत्वा बहिर्बाह्यांश्चक्षुश्चैवान्तरे भ्रुवोः।

प्राणापानौ समौ कृत्वा नासाभ्यन्तरचारिणौ।।5.27।।
"5.27 Excluding external objects, his gaze fixed between the eyebrows, the inward and outward breathings passing equally through his nostrils;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 5.27's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2061 Hemalambī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1926 Tāraṇa
Bengali Saṁvat: 1411
Malayalam Era: 1180
Nanakshahi: 535
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pañcamī (5/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śravaṇa Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya240.50°DhanuMūla P1
चन्द्र Candra296.32°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala209.45°TulāViśākhā P3
बुध Budha227.96°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati171.85°KanyāHasta P4
शुक्र Śukra215.19°VṛścikaAnurādhā P1
शनि Śani92.03°KarkaPunarvasu P4

☀️ Amarnāth — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:28 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:21 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:24 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:46 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)21:29 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 52 Mins 47 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 07 Mins 13 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:09 – 06:48
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:38 – 07:28
Abhijit Muhūrta12:05 – 12:44
Vijaya Muhūrta14:03 – 14:43
Godhūli Muhūrta17:09 – 17:33
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:21 – 17:45
Amṛta Kāla17:06 – 18:51
Niśīta Muhūrta00:05 – 00:44

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:38 – 14:52
Yamaganda07:28 – 08:42
Gulika Kāla09:56 – 11:10
Varjyam07:53 – 08:08
Dur Muhūrta 09:46 – 10:06

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mudgara (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
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):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha07:28 – 08:42 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:42 – 09:56 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:56 – 11:10 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:10 – 12:24 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:24 – 13:38 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:38 – 14:52 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:52 – 16:07 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:07 – 17:21 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:21 – 19:07 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:07 – 20:52 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:52 – 22:38 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:38 – 00:24 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:24 – 02:10 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:10 – 03:56 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:56 – 05:42 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:42 – 07:28 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 34.2167°
Longitude: 75.5°
Timezone: UTC+5.5
Elevation: 3888 m

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 Cosmic Time — Where This Moment Sits in the Mahāyuga

These five values anchor today within the Sūrya-Siddhānta time-architecture. Kali Year counts from the Kali-epoch (18 Feb 3102 BCE · midnight Ujjain · when Krishna's mortal-form departed). Ahargaṇa is the day-count since that epoch — the canonical time-coordinate used by every Vedic computation on this substrate. Julian Day is the astronomical universal day-number (continuous · no calendar discontinuities). Ayanāṁśa is the angular offset between sidereal (rāśi-based · the Vedic frame) and tropical (equinox-based) coordinates · currently growing at ~50.29″/year as Earth's axis precesses. Sun-Moon angle determines the tithi (0-360° elongation / 12° per tithi).

Kali Year5106 · Kali-5106
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1864890.27 · 5105.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2453355.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9223° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)52.50° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 5/30)
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate:Vidhyamitra Sūrya-SiddhāntaMethod:Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equationTier-2 localization:spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanāṁśa (23.9223°) · declination -23.32° · EoT 3.72 min · verified ±1 min vs DrikpanchangLineage:Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Maitreya → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara I → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Jyeṣṭhadeva → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrateAccess:Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed (the bhakta's sole niṣkāma-karma-sevā)Computed for:2004-12-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)