पञ्चाङ्ग — Badarīnāth · April 30, 1998 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: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 17.18 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
सत्कारमानपूजार्थं तपो दम्भेन चैव यत्।क्रियते तदिह प्रोक्तं राजसं चलमध्रुवम्।।17.18।।
"17.18 Austerity coupled with hypocrisy or performed for the sake of self-glorification, popularity or vanity, comes from Passion, and its result is always doubtful and temporary." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 17.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2055 Khara
Śaka Saṁvat: 1920 Bahudhānya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1405
Malayalam Era: 1174
Nanakshahi: 529
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturthī (4/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Atigaṇḍa
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya15.68°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
चन्द्र Candra64.44°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala18.80°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
बुध Budha349.64°MīnaRevatī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati325.51°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
शुक्र Śukra332.00°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
शनि Śani1.59°MeṣaAśvinī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:29 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:49 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:09 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:21 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)22:27 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 19 Mins 43 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 40 Mins 17 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:43 – 04:36
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:23 – 05:29
Abhijit Muhūrta11:43 – 12:36
Vijaya Muhūrta14:23 – 15:16
Godhūli Muhūrta18:37 – 19:01
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:49 – 19:22
Amṛta Kāla18:34 – 20:19
Niśīta Muhūrta23:43 – 00:36

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:49 – 15:29
Yamaganda05:29 – 07:09
Gulika Kāla08:49 – 10:29
Varjyam06:03 – 06:24
Dur Muhūrta 08:36 – 09:03

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha05:29 – 07:09 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga07:09 – 08:49 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg08:49 – 10:29 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:29 – 12:09 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:09 – 13:49 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:49 – 15:29 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:29 – 17:09 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:09 – 18:49 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:49 – 20:09 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:09 – 21:29 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:29 – 22:49 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:49 – 00:09 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:09 – 01:29 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:29 – 02:49 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha02:49 – 04:09 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta04:09 – 05:29 (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 Year5100 · Kali-5100
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1862468.27 · 5099.3 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2450933.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8296° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)47.06° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 4/30)
🪷 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 (23.8296°) · declination 14.66° · EoT 2.79 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:1998-04-30 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)