पञ्चाङ्ग — Badarīnāth · January 20, 2008 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: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.37 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
यत्तदग्रे विषमिव परिणामेऽमृतोपमम्।तत्सुखं सात्त्विकं प्रोक्तमात्मबुद्धिप्रसादजम्।।18.37।।
"18.37 Which at first seems like poison but afterwards acts like nectar - that pleasure is Pure, for it is born of Wisdom." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.37's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2065 Plava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1930 Sarvadhāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1415
Malayalam Era: 1184
Nanakshahi: 539
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Mṛgaśīrṣā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Indra
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya275.37°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
चन्द्र Candra61.69°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala60.79°MithunaMr̥gaśirā P3
बुध Budha293.70°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati254.03°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शुक्र Śukra240.64°DhanuMūla P1
शनि Śani133.54°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:10 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:36 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:23 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:06 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:11 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 26 Mins 51 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 33 Mins 09 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:46 – 06:28
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:17 – 07:10
Abhijit Muhūrta12:02 – 12:44
Vijaya Muhūrta14:07 – 14:49
Godhūli Muhūrta17:24 – 17:48
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:36 – 18:03
Amṛta Kāla17:21 – 19:06
Niśīta Muhūrta00:02 – 00:44

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla16:18 – 17:36
Yamaganda12:23 – 13:41
Gulika Kāla15:00 – 16:18
Varjyam07:36 – 07:52
Dur Muhūrta 09:36 – 09:57

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Saumya (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
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 Udveg07:10 – 08:28 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:28 – 09:46 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:46 – 11:05 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta11:05 – 12:23 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:23 – 13:41 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:41 – 15:00 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga15:00 – 16:18 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg16:18 – 17:36 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:36 – 19:18 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga19:18 – 21:00 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg21:00 – 22:41 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:41 – 00:23 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:23 – 02:05 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta02:05 – 03:46 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:46 – 05:28 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:28 – 07:10 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

🌌 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 Year5109 · Kali-5109
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866020.27 · 5109.0 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2454485.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9655° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)148.27° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 13/30)
🪷 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 (23.9655°) · declination -20.29° · EoT -10.96 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:2008-01-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)