पञ्चाङ्ग — Amarnāth · February 23, 2020 CE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 4.8 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
परित्राणाय साधूनां विनाशाय च दुष्कृताम्।

धर्मसंस्थापनार्थाय संभवामि युगे युगे।।4.8।।
"4.8 To protect the righteous, to destroy the wicked and to establish the kingdom of God, I am reborn from age to age." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2077 Pramādī
Śaka Saṁvat: 1942 Śārvarī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1427
Malayalam Era: 1196
Nanakshahi: 551
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā (30/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Dhaniṣṭhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Nāga
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya309.74°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1
चन्द्र Candra302.89°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala250.14°DhanuMūla P4
बुध Budha315.63°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati264.11°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
शुक्र Śukra353.21°MīnaRevatī P2
शनि Śani273.29°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:06 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:18 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:42 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:46 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:43 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 12 Mins 40 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 47 Mins 20 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:36 – 06:21
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:10 – 07:06
Abhijit Muhūrta12:20 – 13:04
Vijaya Muhūrta14:34 – 15:19
Godhūli Muhūrta18:06 – 18:30
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:18 – 18:46
Amṛta Kāla18:03 – 19:48
Niśīta Muhūrta00:20 – 01:04

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:54 – 18:18
Yamaganda12:42 – 14:06
Gulika Kāla15:30 – 16:54
Varjyam07:34 – 07:52
Dur Muhūrta 09:43 – 10:05

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Gada (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
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):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:06 – 08:30 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:30 – 09:54 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:54 – 11:18 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:18 – 12:42 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:42 – 14:06 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha14:06 – 15:30 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:30 – 16:54 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:54 – 18:18 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha18:18 – 19:54 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:54 – 21:30 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:30 – 23:06 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala23:06 – 00:42 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:42 – 02:18 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:18 – 03:54 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:54 – 05:30 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:30 – 07:06 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

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-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā + Dhaniṣṭhā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-20Karṇa-Vadha (Mahābhārata Day 17) (same Kṛṣṇa Amāvasyā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5121
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870437.27
Julian Day2458902.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1344°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)354.36°
🪷 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 (24.1344°), declination -10.09°, EoT -13.97 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: 2020-02-23 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)