पञ्चाङ्ग — Badarīnāth · December 28, 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: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 3.6 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga
कर्मेन्द्रियाणि संयम्य य आस्ते मनसा स्मरन्।

इन्द्रियार्थान्विमूढात्मा मिथ्याचारः स उच्यते।।3.6।।
"3.6 He who remains motionless, refusing to act, but all the while brooding over sensuous object, that deluded soul is simply a hypocrite." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 3.6's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2053 Virodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1918 Dhātṛ
Bengali Saṁvat: 1403
Malayalam Era: 1172
Nanakshahi: 527
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturthī (19/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya252.77°DhanuMūla P4
चन्द्र Candra108.09°KarkaAśleṣā P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala154.03°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P3
बुध Budha263.80°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati270.51°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शुक्र Śukra229.73°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P1
शनि Śani337.33°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:09 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:19 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:14 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:50 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)09:21 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 10 Mins 08 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 49 Mins 52 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:47 – 06:28
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:18 – 07:09
Abhijit Muhūrta11:54 – 12:34
Vijaya Muhūrta13:56 – 14:36
Godhūli Muhūrta17:07 – 17:31
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:19 – 17:44
Amṛta Kāla17:04 – 18:49
Niśīta Muhūrta23:54 – 00:34

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:41 – 10:58
Yamaganda13:30 – 14:46
Gulika Kāla07:09 – 08:25
Varjyam07:34 – 07:51
Dur Muhūrta 09:31 – 09:52

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Saumya (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 · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla07:09 – 08:25 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha08:25 – 09:41 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:41 – 10:58 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:58 – 12:14 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:14 – 13:30 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:30 – 14:46 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta14:46 – 16:03 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla16:03 – 17:19 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha17:19 – 19:03 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta19:03 – 20:46 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla20:46 – 22:30 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:30 – 00:14 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:14 – 01:58 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:58 – 03:41 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:41 – 05:25 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha05:25 – 07:09 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 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)1861980.27 · 5097.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450445.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8110° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)218.35° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 19/30)
🪷 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 (23.8110°) · declination -23.27° · EoT -1.89 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:1996-12-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)