पञ्चाङ्ग — Amarnāth · April 18, 2013 CE

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BG 12.3 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga

ये त्वक्षरमनिर्देश्यमव्यक्तं पर्युपासते।सर्वत्रगमचिन्त्यं च कूटस्थमचलं ध्रुवम्।।12.3।।

"12.3 Those who worship Me as the Indestructible, the Undefinable, the Omnipresent, the Unthinkable, the Primeval, the Immutable and the Eternal;" — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 12.3's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2070 Parābhava

Śaka Saṁvat: 1935 Vijaya

Bengali Saṁvat: 1420

Malayalam Era: 1189

Nanakshahi: 544

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)	Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)	Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	4.14°	Meṣa	Aśvinī P2
चन्द्र Candra	88.74°	Mithuna	Punarvasu P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala	3.95°	Meṣa	Aśvinī P2
बुध Budha	341.65°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati	50.41°	Vṛṣabha	Rohiṇī P4
शुक्र Śukra	9.19°	Meṣa	Aśvinī P3
शनि Śani	194.71°	Tulā	Svātī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	05:53 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	19:02 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:27 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	11:01 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	01:11 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	13 Hours 08 Mins 03 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	10 Hours 51 Mins 57 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	04:08 – 05:01
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	04:48 – 05:53
Abhijit Muhūrta	12:01 – 12:54
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:39 – 15:31
Godhūli Muhūrta	18:50 – 19:14
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	19:02 – 19:34
Amṛta Kāla	18:47 – 20:32
Niśīta Muhūrta	00:01 – 00:54

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	14:06 – 15:45
Yamaganda	05:53 – 07:32
Gulika Kāla	09:10 – 10:49
Varjyam	06:26 – 06:47
Dur Muhūrta	08:57 – 09:24

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)

Candra Vāsa: South

Rāhu Vāsa: North-West

Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (Inauspicious)

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 · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha	05:53 – 07:32 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga	07:32 – 09:10 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg	09:10 – 10:49 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala	10:49 – 12:27 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha	12:27 – 14:06 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta	14:06 – 15:45 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla	15:45 – 17:23 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha	17:23 – 19:02 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta	19:02 – 20:23 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla	20:23 – 21:45 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha	21:45 – 23:06 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga	23:06 – 00:27 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg	00:27 – 01:49 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala	01:49 – 03:10 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha	03:10 – 04:32 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta	04:32 – 05:53 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 34.2167°

Longitude: 75.5°

Timezone: UTC+5.5

Elevation: 3888 m

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Bṛhaspati Walk (गुरु यात्रा)

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 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	5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1867935.27
Julian Day	2456400.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.0387°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	87.19°

🪷 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 (24.0387°), declination 10.82°, EoT 0.51 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: 2013-04-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)