पञ्चाङ्ग — Badarīnāth · December 15, 2013 CE

🪷 आज: वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति — Vṛścika Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Scorpio.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 1.12 · Chapter 1 · अर्जुनविषादयोग · Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga
तस्य संजनयन्हर्षं कुरुवृद्धः पितामहः।

सिंहनादं विनद्योच्चैः शङ्खं दध्मौ प्रतापवान्।।1.12।।
"1.12 Then to enliven his spirits, the brave Grandfather Bheeshma, eldest of the Kuru-clan, blew his conch, till it sounded like a lion's roar." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 1.12's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2070 Parābhava
Śaka Saṁvat: 1935 Vijaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1420
Malayalam Era: 1189
Nanakshahi: 544
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Kṛttikā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya239.17°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
चन्द्र Candra33.02°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala159.38°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
बुध Budha231.03°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati83.56°MithunaPunarvasu P2
शुक्र Śukra273.84°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani204.37°TulāViśākhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:03 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:13 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:08 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:32 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:15 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 10 Mins 11 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 49 Mins 49 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:41 – 06:22
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:12 – 07:03
Abhijit Muhūrta11:48 – 12:28
Vijaya Muhūrta13:50 – 14:30
Godhūli Muhūrta17:01 – 17:25
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:13 – 17:38
Amṛta Kāla16:58 – 18:43
Niśīta Muhūrta23:48 – 00:28

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:57 – 17:13
Yamaganda12:08 – 13:24
Gulika Kāla14:40 – 15:57
Varjyam07:28 – 07:44
Dur Muhūrta 09:25 – 09:45

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:03 – 08:19 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:19 – 09:35 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:35 – 10:52 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:52 – 12:08 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:08 – 13:24 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:24 – 14:40 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:40 – 15:57 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:57 – 17:13 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:13 – 18:57 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:57 – 20:40 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:40 – 22:24 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:24 – 00:08 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:08 – 01:52 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:52 – 03:35 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:35 – 05:19 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:19 – 07:03 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Trayodaśī + Kṛttikā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Kṛttikā)
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Kṛttikā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5115
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868176.27
Julian Day2456641.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0479°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)153.63°
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta
Method: Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equation
Tier-2 city localization: spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanamsa (24.0479°), declination -23.26°, EoT 4.18 min · verified ±1 min vs Drikpanchang
Lineage: Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate
Access: Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed
Computed for: 2013-12-15 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)