पञ्चाङ्ग — Badarīnāth · September 17, 2014 CE

🪷 आज: कन्या सङ्क्रान्ति — Kanyā Saṅkrānti (Mahālaya begins)
Sun enters Virgo; Mahālaya / Pitṛ-Pakṣa solar marker.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 7.8 · Chapter 7 · ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · Jñāna-Vijñāna-Yoga
रसोऽहमप्सु कौन्तेय प्रभास्मि शशिसूर्ययोः।

प्रणवः सर्ववेदेषु शब्दः खे पौरुषं नृषु।।7.8।।
"7.8 O Arjuna! I am the Fluidity in water, the Light in the sun and in the moon. I am the mystic syllable Om in the Vedic scriptures, the Sound in ether, the Virility in man." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 7.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Āśvina (Āśvina Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga
Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya
Bengali Saṁvat: 1421
Malayalam Era: 1190
Nanakshahi: 545
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śarad (Autumn)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Navamī (24/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Ārdrā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Vyatīpāta
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya150.03°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
चन्द्र Candra70.85°MithunaĀrdrā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala217.84°VṛścikaAnurādhā P2
बुध Budha175.70°KanyāCitrā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati108.58°KarkaAśleṣā P1
शुक्र Śukra139.81°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
शनि Śani204.94°TulāViśākhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:56 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:15 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:06 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)23:46 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:52 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 18 Mins 57 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 41 Mins 03 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:18 – 05:07
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:55 – 05:56
Abhijit Muhūrta11:41 – 12:30
Vijaya Muhūrta14:09 – 14:58
Godhūli Muhūrta18:03 – 18:27
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:15 – 18:46
Amṛta Kāla18:00 – 19:45
Niśīta Muhūrta23:41 – 00:30

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:06 – 13:38
Yamaganda07:29 – 09:01
Gulika Kāla10:33 – 12:06
Varjyam06:27 – 06:47
Dur Muhūrta 08:49 – 09:13

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha05:56 – 07:29 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:29 – 09:01 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:01 – 10:33 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:33 – 12:06 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:06 – 13:38 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:38 – 15:11 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:11 – 16:43 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:43 – 18:15 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:15 – 19:43 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:43 – 21:11 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:11 – 22:38 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:38 – 00:06 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:06 – 01:33 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:33 – 03:01 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:01 – 04:29 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:29 – 05:56 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1868452.27
Julian Day2456917.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0585°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)278.67°
🪷 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 (24.0585°), declination 2.35°, EoT 6.24 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: 2014-09-17 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)