पञ्चाङ्ग — Amarnāth · May 3, 2013 CE

🪷 आज: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 12.18 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga
समः शत्रौ च मित्रे च तथा मानापमानयोः।शीतोष्णसुखदुःखेषु समः सङ्गविवर्जितः।।12.18।।
"12.18 He to whom friend and foe are alike, who welcomes equally honour and dishonour, heat and cold, pleasure and pain, who is enamoured of nothing," — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 12.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa 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)Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya18.74°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
चन्द्र Candra296.01°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala15.13°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
बुध Budha8.37°MeṣaAśvinī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati53.41°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P1
शुक्र Śukra27.70°MeṣaKṛttikā P1
शनि Śani193.58°TulāSvātī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:37 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:13 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:25 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)01:32 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:16 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 36 Mins 32 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 23 Mins 28 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:48 – 04:42
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:29 – 05:37
Abhijit Muhūrta11:58 – 12:52
Vijaya Muhūrta14:41 – 15:35
Godhūli Muhūrta19:01 – 19:25
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:13 – 19:47
Amṛta Kāla18:58 – 20:43
Niśīta Muhūrta23:58 – 00:52

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:43 – 12:25
Yamaganda15:49 – 17:31
Gulika Kāla07:19 – 09:01
Varjyam06:11 – 06:32
Dur Muhūrta 08:47 – 09:14

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Lumba (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:37 – 07:19 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:19 – 09:01 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:01 – 10:43 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:43 – 12:25 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:25 – 14:07 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga14:07 – 15:49 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:49 – 17:31 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:31 – 19:13 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga19:13 – 20:31 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:31 – 21:49 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:49 – 23:07 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha23:07 – 00:25 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:25 – 01:43 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:43 – 03:01 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:01 – 04:19 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:19 – 05:37 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Dhaniṣṭhā alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867950.27
Julian Day2456415.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0393°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)274.96°
🪷 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 (24.0393°), declination 15.67°, EoT 3.15 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: 2013-05-03 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)