पञ्चाङ्ग — Badarīnāth · December 19, 2008 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 7.13 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
त्रिभिर्गुणमयैर्भावैरेभिः सर्वमिदं जगत्।

मोहितं नाभिजानाति मामेभ्यः परमव्ययम्।।7.13।।
"7.13 The inhabitants of the world, misled by those natures which the Qualities have engendered, know not that I am higher than them all, and that I do not change." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.13's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2065 Plava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1930 Sarvadhāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1415
Malayalam Era: 1184
Nanakshahi: 539
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Saptamī (22/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Pūrva Phalgunī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya243.53°DhanuMūla P2
चन्द्र Candra148.77°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala239.73°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
बुध Budha256.31°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati272.51°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
शुक्र Śukra288.64°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
शनि Śani147.43°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:05 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:14 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:10 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:41 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:00 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 09 Mins 20 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 50 Mins 40 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:44 – 06:24
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:14 – 07:05
Abhijit Muhūrta11:49 – 12:30
Vijaya Muhūrta13:51 – 14:32
Godhūli Muhūrta17:02 – 17:26
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:14 – 17:40
Amṛta Kāla16:59 – 18:44
Niśīta Muhūrta23:49 – 00:30

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:54 – 12:10
Yamaganda14:42 – 15:58
Gulika Kāla08:21 – 09:37
Varjyam07:30 – 07:47
Dur Muhūrta 09:27 – 09:48

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhūmra (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ 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 Chala07:05 – 08:21 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:21 – 09:37 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:37 – 10:54 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:54 – 12:10 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:10 – 13:26 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:26 – 14:42 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:42 – 15:58 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala15:58 – 17:14 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:14 – 18:58 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg18:58 – 20:42 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:42 – 22:26 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:26 – 00:10 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:10 – 01:54 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:54 – 03:37 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:37 – 05:21 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:21 – 07:05 (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 Year5110 · Kali-5110
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1866354.27 · 5109.9 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2454819.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.9782° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)262.02° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 22/30)
🪷 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 (23.9782°) · declination -23.41° · EoT 2.32 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:2008-12-19 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)