पञ्चाङ्ग — Amarnāth · December 30, 2020 CE

Also observed today

लोहड़ी · LohriRegional
धनु सङ्क्रान्ति · Dhanu SaṅkrāntiPan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 12.12 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga

श्रेयो हि ज्ञानमभ्यासाज्ज्ञानाद्ध्यानं विशिष्यते।ध्यानात्कर्मफलत्यागस्त्यागाच्छान्तिरनन्तरम्।।12.12।।

"12.12 Knowledge is superior to blind action, meditation to mere knowledge, renunciation of the fruit of action to meditation, and where there is renunciation peace will follow." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 12.12's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2077 Pramādī

Śaka Saṁvat: 1942 Śārvarī

Bengali Saṁvat: 1427

Malayalam Era: 1196

Nanakshahi: 551

Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)

Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

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

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	254.65°	Dhanu	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra	73.48°	Mithuna	Ārdrā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala	2.10°	Meṣa	Aśvinī P1
बुध Budha	260.15°	Dhanu	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati	278.19°	Makara	Uttara Āṣāḍhā P4
शुक्र Śukra	233.53°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P3
शनि Śani	277.26°	Makara	Uttara Āṣāḍhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	07:34 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	17:28 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:31 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	17:15 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	07:37 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	9 Hours 53 Mins 57 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	14 Hours 06 Mins 03 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	06:15 – 06:54
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	06:44 – 07:34
Abhijit Muhūrta	12:11 – 12:51
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:10 – 14:49
Godhūli Muhūrta	17:16 – 17:40
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	17:28 – 17:53
Amṛta Kāla	17:13 – 18:58
Niśīta Muhūrta	00:11 – 00:51

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	12:31 – 13:45
Yamaganda	08:48 – 10:02
Gulika Kāla	11:17 – 12:31
Varjyam	07:59 – 08:14
Dur Muhūrta	09:52 – 10:12

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)

Candra Vāsa: South

Rāhu Vāsa: South-West

Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (Inauspicious)

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 · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha	07:34 – 08:48 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta	08:48 – 10:02 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla	10:02 – 11:17 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha	11:17 – 12:31 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga	12:31 – 13:45 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg	13:45 – 14:59 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala	14:59 – 16:14 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha	16:14 – 17:28 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg	17:28 – 19:14 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala	19:14 – 20:59 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha	20:59 – 22:45 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta	22:45 – 00:31 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla	00:31 – 02:17 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha	02:17 – 04:02 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga	04:02 – 05:48 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg	05:48 – 07:34 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 34.2167°

Longitude: 75.5°

Timezone: UTC+5.5

Elevation: 3888 m

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 + Ārdrā alignment also occurred on:

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

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5122
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1870748.27
Julian Day	2459213.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1463°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	178.45°

🪷 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 (24.1463°), declination -23.14°, EoT -2.80 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: 2020-12-30 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)