पञ्चाङ्ग — Badarīnāth · January 11, 2001 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 4.36 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
अपि चेदसि पापेभ्यः सर्वेभ्यः पापकृत्तमः।

सर्वं ज्ञानप्लवेनैव वृजिनं सन्तरिष्यसि।।4.36।।
"4.36 Be thou the greatest of sinners, yet thou shalt cross over all sin by the ferryboat of wisdom." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.36's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2058 Jaya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1923 Vṛṣa
Bengali Saṁvat: 1408
Malayalam Era: 1177
Nanakshahi: 532
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā (17/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya267.01°DhanuUttara Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra103.96°KarkaPuṣya P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala196.87°TulāSvātī P4
बुध Budha276.98°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati37.64°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P4
शुक्र Śukra313.96°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
शनि Śani30.28°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:11 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:29 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:20 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:39 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)08:16 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 18 Mins 24 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 41 Mins 36 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:48 – 06:29
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:19 – 07:11
Abhijit Muhūrta11:59 – 12:41
Vijaya Muhūrta14:03 – 14:44
Godhūli Muhūrta17:17 – 17:41
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:29 – 17:55
Amṛta Kāla17:14 – 18:59
Niśīta Muhūrta23:59 – 00:41

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:37 – 14:55
Yamaganda07:11 – 08:28
Gulika Kāla09:45 – 11:03
Varjyam07:36 – 07:53
Dur Muhūrta 09:35 – 09:56

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mātaṇga (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 · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha07:11 – 08:28 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:28 – 09:45 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:45 – 11:03 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:03 – 12:20 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:20 – 13:37 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:37 – 14:55 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla14:55 – 16:12 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:12 – 17:29 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:29 – 19:12 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:12 – 20:55 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha20:55 – 22:37 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:37 – 00:20 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:20 – 02:03 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:03 – 03:45 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:45 – 05:28 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:28 – 07:11 (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 Year5102 · Kali-5102
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1863455.27 · 5102.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2451920.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8674° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)195.19° · 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 (23.8674°) · declination -21.81° · EoT -7.89 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:2001-01-11 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)