पञ्चाङ्ग — Badarīnāth · August 28, 1997 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: इन्दिरा एकादशी — Indirā Ekādaśī
Falls in Pitṛ Pakṣa; liberates ancestors from naraka.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 9.30 · Chapter 9 · राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · Rāja-Vidyā-Rāja-Guhya-Yoga
अपि चेत्सुदुराचारो भजते मामनन्यभाक्।

साधुरेव स मन्तव्यः सम्यग्व्यवसितो हि सः।।9.30।।
"9.30 Even the most sinful, if he worship Me with his whole heart, shalt be considered righteous, for he is treading the right path." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 9.30's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2054 Vikṛti
Śaka Saṁvat: 1919 Īśvara
Bengali Saṁvat: 1404
Malayalam Era: 1173
Nanakshahi: 528
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Siddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya130.97°SiṃhaMaghā P4
चन्द्र Candra76.04°MithunaĀrdrā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala194.80°TulāSvātī P3
बुध Budha137.80°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati290.88°MakaraŚravaṇa P4
शुक्र Śukra168.57°KanyāHasta P3
शनि Śani355.91°MīnaRevatī P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:45 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:40 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:13 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)01:31 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)15:35 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 54 Mins 52 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 05 Mins 08 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:02 – 04:54
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:41 – 05:45
Abhijit Muhūrta11:47 – 12:39
Vijaya Muhūrta14:22 – 15:14
Godhūli Muhūrta18:28 – 18:52
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:40 – 19:13
Amṛta Kāla18:25 – 20:10
Niśīta Muhūrta23:47 – 00:39

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:50 – 15:27
Yamaganda05:45 – 07:22
Gulika Kāla08:59 – 10:36
Varjyam06:18 – 06:38
Dur Muhūrta 08:46 – 09:12

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mausala (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 · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:45 – 07:22 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:22 – 08:59 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:59 – 10:36 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:36 – 12:13 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:13 – 13:50 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:50 – 15:27 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:27 – 17:03 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:03 – 18:40 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:40 – 20:03 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:03 – 21:27 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:27 – 22:50 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:50 – 00:13 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:13 – 01:36 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:36 – 02:59 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:59 – 04:22 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:22 – 05:45 (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 Year5099 · Kali-5099
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1862223.27 · 5098.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450688.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8203° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)302.78° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 26/30)
🪷 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 (23.8203°) · declination 9.76° · EoT -0.81 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:1997-08-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)