पञ्चाङ्ग — Badarīnāth · April 19, 2017 CE

🪷 आज: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 14.8 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
तमस्त्वज्ञानजं विद्धि मोहनं सर्वदेहिनाम्।प्रमादालस्यनिद्राभिस्तन्निबध्नाति भारत।।14.8।।
"14.8 But Ignorance, the product of darkness, stupefies the senses in all embodied beings, binding them by chains of folly, indolence and lethargy." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya5.09°MeṣaAśvinī P2
चन्द्र Candra270.94°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala34.00°VṛṣabhaKṛttikā P3
बुध Budha7.06°MeṣaAśvinī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati172.31°KanyāHasta P4
शुक्र Śukra332.84°MīnaPūrva Bhādrapadā P4
शनि Śani243.40°DhanuMūla P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:40 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:42 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:11 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)00:45 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:05 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 01 Mins 59 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 58 Mins 01 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:56 – 04:48
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:35 – 05:40
Abhijit Muhūrta11:45 – 12:37
Vijaya Muhūrta14:22 – 15:14
Godhūli Muhūrta18:30 – 18:54
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:42 – 19:15
Amṛta Kāla18:27 – 20:12
Niśīta Muhūrta23:45 – 00:37

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:11 – 13:49
Yamaganda07:18 – 08:56
Gulika Kāla10:34 – 12:11
Varjyam06:13 – 06:34
Dur Muhūrta 08:43 – 09:09

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Saumya (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

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):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha05:40 – 07:18 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:18 – 08:56 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:56 – 10:34 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:34 – 12:11 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:11 – 13:49 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:49 – 15:27 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:27 – 17:05 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:05 – 18:42 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:42 – 20:05 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:05 – 21:27 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:27 – 22:49 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:49 – 00:11 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:11 – 01:34 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:34 – 02:56 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:56 – 04:18 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:18 – 05:40 (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-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Uttara Āṣāḍhā alignment also occurred on:
-3226-07-09Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5119
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869397.27
Julian Day2457862.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0946°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)268.83°
🪷 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 (24.0946°), declination 11.18°, EoT 0.74 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: 2017-04-19 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)