पञ्चाङ्ग — Amarnāth · December 26, 2023 CE

🪷 आज: पौष पूर्णिमा — Pauṣa Pūrṇimā (Śākambharī Devī Jayantī)
Manifestation of Devī Śākambharī (vegetation-mother).

Also observed today

🪷 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: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2080 Nala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1945 Śobhana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1430
Malayalam Era: 1199
Nanakshahi: 554
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya249.79°DhanuMūla P3
चन्द्र Candra58.11°VṛṣabhaMr̥gaśirā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala238.44°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
बुध Budha241.81°DhanuMūla P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati11.45°MeṣaAśvinī P4
शुक्र Śukra210.86°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
शनि Śani308.64°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:33 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:25 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:29 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:31 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:53 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 52 Mins 24 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 07 Mins 36 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta06:14 – 06:53
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:43 – 07:33
Abhijit Muhūrta12:09 – 12:49
Vijaya Muhūrta14:08 – 14:47
Godhūli Muhūrta17:13 – 17:37
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:25 – 17:50
Amṛta Kāla17:10 – 18:55
Niśīta Muhūrta00:09 – 00:49

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:57 – 16:11
Yamaganda10:01 – 11:15
Gulika Kāla12:29 – 13:43
Varjyam07:57 – 08:13
Dur Muhūrta 09:51 – 10:11

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (Auspicious)
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 · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga07:33 – 08:47 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:47 – 10:01 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala10:01 – 11:15 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:15 – 12:29 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:29 – 13:43 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:43 – 14:57 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha14:57 – 16:11 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:11 – 17:25 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla17:25 – 19:11 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:11 – 20:57 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga20:57 – 22:43 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:43 – 00:29 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:29 – 02:15 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:15 – 04:01 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta04:01 – 05:47 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:47 – 07:33 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Mṛgaśīrṣā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5125
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871839.27
Julian Day2460304.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1880°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)169.82°
🪷 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 (24.1880°), declination -23.38°, EoT -0.96 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: 2023-12-26 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)