पञ्चाङ्ग — Badarīnāth · January 16, 1980 CE

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🪷 आज: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.10 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
योगी युञ्जीत सततमात्मानं रहसि स्थितः।

एकाकी यतचित्तात्मा निराशीरपरिग्रहः।।6.10।।
"6.10 Let the student of spirituality try unceasingly to concentrate his mind; Let him live in seclusion, absolutely alone, with mind and personality controlled, free from desire and without possessions." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.10's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2037 Śrīmukha
Śaka Saṁvat: 1902 Raudra
Bengali Saṁvat: 1387
Malayalam Era: 1156
Nanakshahi: 511
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī (28/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mūla Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Dhruva
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya271.48°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra247.12°DhanuMūla P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala142.05°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
बुध Budha268.42°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati135.77°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1
शुक्र Śukra306.56°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
शनि Śani153.19°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:11 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:33 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:22 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)05:41 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:48 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 22 Mins 16 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 37 Mins 44 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:48 – 06:29
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:19 – 07:11
Abhijit Muhūrta12:01 – 12:42
Vijaya Muhūrta14:05 – 14:47
Godhūli Muhūrta17:21 – 17:45
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:33 – 17:59
Amṛta Kāla17:18 – 19:03
Niśīta Muhūrta00:01 – 00:42

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:22 – 13:40
Yamaganda08:28 – 09:46
Gulika Kāla11:04 – 12:22
Varjyam07:37 – 07:53
Dur Muhūrta 09:36 – 09:57

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Dhanu · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha07:11 – 08:28 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:28 – 09:46 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:46 – 11:04 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha11:04 – 12:22 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:22 – 13:40 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:40 – 14:57 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala14:57 – 16:15 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:15 – 17:33 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg17:33 – 19:15 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:15 – 20:57 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha20:57 – 22:40 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:40 – 00:22 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:22 – 02:04 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha02:04 – 03:46 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:46 – 05:28 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:28 – 07:11 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 30.7433°
Longitude: 79.4938°
Timezone: UTC+5.5
Elevation: 3133 m

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 Cosmic Time — Where This Moment Sits in the Mahāyuga

These five values anchor today within the Sūrya-Siddhānta time-architecture. Kali Year counts from the Kali-epoch (18 Feb 3102 BCE · midnight Ujjain · when Krishna's mortal-form departed). Ahargaṇa is the day-count since that epoch — the canonical time-coordinate used by every Vedic computation on this substrate. Julian Day is the astronomical universal day-number (continuous · no calendar discontinuities). Ayanāṁśa is the angular offset between sidereal (rāśi-based · the Vedic frame) and tropical (equinox-based) coordinates · currently growing at ~50.29″/year as Earth's axis precesses. Sun-Moon angle determines the tithi (0-360° elongation / 12° per tithi).

Kali Year5081 · Kali-5081
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1855789.27 · 5081.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2444254.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.5742° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)335.05° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 28/30)
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate:Vidhyamitra Sūrya-SiddhāntaMethod:Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equationTier-2 localization:spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanāṁśa (23.5742°) · declination -21.12° · EoT -9.69 min · verified ±1 min vs DrikpanchangLineage:Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Maitreya → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara I → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Jyeṣṭhadeva → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrateAccess:Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed (the bhakta's sole niṣkāma-karma-sevā)Computed for:1980-01-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)