पञ्चाङ्ग — Badarīnāth · March 15, 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: मीन सङ्क्रान्ति — Mīna Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Pisces; Mīna-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.3 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
त्याज्यं दोषवदित्येके कर्म प्राहुर्मनीषिणः।

यज्ञदानतपःकर्म न त्याज्यमिति चापरे।।18.3।।
"18.3 Some philosophers say that all action is evil and should be abandoned. Others that acts of sacrifice, benevolence and austerity should not be given up." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.3's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2059 Manmatha
Śaka Saṁvat: 1924 Citrabhānu
Bengali Saṁvat: 1409
Malayalam Era: 1178
Nanakshahi: 533
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvitīyā (2/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Bhādrapadā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śukla
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya330.40°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
चन्द्र Candra340.74°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala15.59°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
बुध Budha310.86°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati71.94°MithunaĀrdrā P2
शुक्र Śukra344.78°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P4
शनि Śani45.18°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:23 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:20 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:22 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)06:56 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)19:10 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 56 Mins 57 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 03 Mins 03 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:48 – 05:35
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:23 – 06:23
Abhijit Muhūrta11:58 – 12:46
Vijaya Muhūrta14:21 – 15:09
Godhūli Muhūrta18:08 – 18:32
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:20 – 18:50
Amṛta Kāla18:05 – 19:50
Niśīta Muhūrta23:58 – 00:46

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:52 – 12:22
Yamaganda15:21 – 16:51
Gulika Kāla07:53 – 09:22
Varjyam06:53 – 07:12
Dur Muhūrta 09:10 – 09:34

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ 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):
Vṛṣabha · Siṃha · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:23 – 07:53 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:53 – 09:22 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:22 – 10:52 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:52 – 12:22 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:22 – 13:51 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:51 – 15:21 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:21 – 16:51 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:51 – 18:20 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:20 – 19:51 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:51 – 21:21 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:21 – 22:51 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:51 – 00:22 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:22 – 01:52 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:52 – 03:22 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:22 – 04:53 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:53 – 06:23 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 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)1863883.27 · 5103.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2452348.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.8837° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)12.06° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 2/30)
🪷 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 (23.8837°) · declination -2.27° · EoT -9.65 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:2002-03-15 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)