पञ्चाङ्ग — Badarīnāth · August 30, 1996 CE

🕉️ Sapta-Mokṣa-Puri · Localize for your Pīṭha
अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: सिंह सङ्क्रान्ति — Siṁha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Leo.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.5 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
धृष्टकेतुश्चेकितानः काशिराजश्च वीर्यवान्।

पुरुजित्कुन्तिभोजश्च शैब्यश्च नरपुङ्गवः।।1.5।।
"1.5 Dhrishtaketu, Chekitan, the valiant King of Benares, Purujit, Kuntibhoja, Shaibya - a master over many;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.5's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2053 Virodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1918 Dhātṛ
Bengali Saṁvat: 1403
Malayalam Era: 1172
Nanakshahi: 527
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā (17/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Bhādrapadā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya133.15°SiṃhaMaghā P4
चन्द्र Candra331.06°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala89.42°MithunaPunarvasu P3
बुध Budha158.64°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati254.11°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra87.65°MithunaPunarvasu P3
शनि Śani342.14°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:47 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:38 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:12 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:26 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)07:22 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 50 Mins 56 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 09 Mins 04 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:04 – 04:55
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:42 – 05:47
Abhijit Muhūrta11:47 – 12:38
Vijaya Muhūrta14:21 – 15:12
Godhūli Muhūrta18:26 – 18:50
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:38 – 19:10
Amṛta Kāla18:23 – 20:08
Niśīta Muhūrta23:47 – 00:38

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:36 – 12:12
Yamaganda15:25 – 17:01
Gulika Kāla07:23 – 08:59
Varjyam06:19 – 06:39
Dur Muhūrta 08:47 – 09:12

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mṛtyu (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala05:47 – 07:23 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:23 – 08:59 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:59 – 10:36 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:36 – 12:12 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:12 – 13:49 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:49 – 15:25 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:25 – 17:01 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:01 – 18:38 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:38 – 20:01 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:01 – 21:25 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:25 – 22:49 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:49 – 00:12 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:12 – 01:36 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:36 – 02:59 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:59 – 04:23 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:23 – 05:47 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 30.7433°
Longitude: 79.4938°
Timezone: UTC+5.5
Elevation: 3133 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 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 Year5098 · Kali-5098
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1861860.27 · 5097.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450325.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8064° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)197.92° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 17/30)
🪷 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 (23.8064°) · declination 8.96° · EoT -0.18 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:1996-08-30 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)