पञ्चाङ्ग — Badarīnāth · February 28, 2002 CE

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अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 17.16 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
मनःप्रसादः सौम्यत्वं मौनमात्मविनिग्रहः।भावसंशुद्धिरित्येतत्तपो मानसमुच्यते।।17.16।।
"17.16 Serenity, kindness, silence, self-control and purity - this is austerity of mind." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 17.16's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2059 Manmatha
Śaka Saṁvat: 1924 Citrabhānu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1409
Malayalam Era: 1178
Nanakshahi: 533
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Dhṛti
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya315.39°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
चन्द्र Candra144.83°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala5.00°MeṣaAśvinī P2
बुध Budha289.58°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati71.65°MithunaĀrdrā P2
शुक्र Śukra326.10°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
शनि Śani44.43°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:41 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:10 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:25 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)18:50 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)07:16 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 29 Mins 03 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 30 Mins 57 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:09 – 05:55
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:43 – 06:41
Abhijit Muhūrta12:02 – 12:48
Vijaya Muhūrta14:20 – 15:06
Godhūli Muhūrta17:58 – 18:22
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:10 – 18:38
Amṛta Kāla17:55 – 19:40
Niśīta Muhūrta00:02 – 00:48

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:51 – 15:18
Yamaganda06:41 – 08:07
Gulika Kāla09:33 – 10:59
Varjyam07:09 – 07:28
Dur Muhūrta 09:22 – 09:44

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Sushira (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:41 – 08:07 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:07 – 09:33 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:33 – 10:59 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala10:59 – 12:25 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:25 – 13:51 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:51 – 15:18 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:18 – 16:44 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:44 – 18:10 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:10 – 19:44 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:44 – 21:18 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:18 – 22:51 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:51 – 00:25 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:25 – 01:59 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala01:59 – 03:33 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:33 – 05:07 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:07 – 06:41 (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 Year5103 · Kali-5103
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1863868.27 · 5103.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2452333.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8832° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)188.07° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 16/30)
🪷 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 (23.8832°) · declination -8.09° · EoT -13.22 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:2002-02-28 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)