पञ्चाङ्ग — Badarīnāth · December 12, 1996 CE

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🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 2.62 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
ध्यायतो विषयान्पुंसः सङ्गस्तेषूपजायते।

सङ्गात् संजायते कामः कामात्क्रोधोऽभिजायते।।2.62।।
"2.62 When a man dwells on the objects of sense, he creates an attraction for them; attraction develops into desire, and desire breeds anger." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.62's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2053 Virodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1918 Dhātṛ
Bengali Saṁvat: 1403
Malayalam Era: 1172
Nanakshahi: 527
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvitīyā (2/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mūla Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Gaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya236.48°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
चन्द्र Candra254.66°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala147.67°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
बुध Budha256.55°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati266.93°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra209.77°TulāViśākhā P3
शनि Śani336.85°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:01 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:12 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:06 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:15 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)18:23 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 11 Mins 14 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 48 Mins 46 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:39 – 06:20
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:10 – 07:01
Abhijit Muhūrta11:46 – 12:27
Vijaya Muhūrta13:48 – 14:29
Godhūli Muhūrta17:00 – 17:24
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:12 – 17:38
Amṛta Kāla16:57 – 18:42
Niśīta Muhūrta23:46 – 00:27

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:23 – 14:39
Yamaganda07:01 – 08:17
Gulika Kāla09:34 – 10:50
Varjyam07:26 – 07:43
Dur Muhūrta 09:23 – 09:44

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvaja (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ 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 Śubha07:01 – 08:17 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:17 – 09:34 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:34 – 10:50 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:50 – 12:06 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:06 – 13:23 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:23 – 14:39 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:39 – 15:56 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha15:56 – 17:12 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:12 – 18:56 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla18:56 – 20:39 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:39 – 22:23 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:23 – 00:06 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:06 – 01:50 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:50 – 03:34 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:34 – 05:17 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:17 – 07:01 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 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)1861964.27 · 5097.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450429.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8103° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)16.03° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 2/30)
🪷 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 (23.8103°) · declination -23.08° · EoT 5.54 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:1996-12-12 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)