पञ्चाङ्ग — Badarīnāth · December 30, 2020 CE

Also observed today

लोहड़ी · LohriRegional
धनु सङ्क्रान्ति · Dhanu SaṅkrāntiPan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 12.12 · Chapter 12 · भक्तियोग · Bhakti-Yoga

श्रेयो हि ज्ञानमभ्यासाज्ज्ञानाद्ध्यानं विशिष्यते।ध्यानात्कर्मफलत्यागस्त्यागाच्छान्तिरनन्तरम्।।12.12।।

"12.12 Knowledge is superior to blind action, meditation to mere knowledge, renunciation of the fruit of action to meditation, and where there is renunciation peace will follow." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 12.12's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2077 Pramādī

Śaka Saṁvat: 1942 Śārvarī

Bengali Saṁvat: 1427

Malayalam Era: 1196

Nanakshahi: 551

Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)

Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Ārdrā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)	Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)	Bava
वार (Vāra)	Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	254.65°	Dhanu	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
चन्द्र Candra	73.48°	Mithuna	Ārdrā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala	2.10°	Meṣa	Aśvinī P1
बुध Budha	260.15°	Dhanu	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati	278.19°	Makara	Uttara Āṣāḍhā P4
शुक्र Śukra	233.53°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P3
शनि Śani	277.26°	Makara	Uttara Āṣāḍhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	07:09 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	17:20 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:15 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	17:08 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	07:12 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	10 Hours 10 Mins 52 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	13 Hours 49 Mins 08 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	05:48 – 06:29
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	06:18 – 07:09
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:54 – 12:35
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:57 – 14:37
Godhūli Muhūrta	17:08 – 17:32
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	17:20 – 17:46
Amṛta Kāla	17:05 – 18:50
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:54 – 00:35

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	12:15 – 13:31
Yamaganda	08:26 – 09:42
Gulika Kāla	10:58 – 12:15
Varjyam	07:35 – 07:51
Dur Muhūrta	09:32 – 09:52

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)

Candra Vāsa: South

Rāhu Vāsa: South-West

Ānandādi Yoga: Kāṇa (Inauspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)

Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

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 Labha	07:09 – 08:26 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta	08:26 – 09:42 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla	09:42 – 10:58 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha	10:58 – 12:15 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga	12:15 – 13:31 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg	13:31 – 14:48 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala	14:48 – 16:04 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha	16:04 – 17:20 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg	17:20 – 19:04 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala	19:04 – 20:48 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha	20:48 – 22:31 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta	22:31 – 00:15 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla	00:15 – 01:58 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha	01:58 – 03:42 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga	03:42 – 05:26 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg	05:26 – 07:09 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 30.7433°

Longitude: 79.4938°

Timezone: UTC+5.5

Elevation: 3133 m

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Budha Walk (बुध यात्रा)

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Ārdrā alignment also occurred on:

-3137-10-04 — Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

-0562-04-11 — Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5122
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1870748.27
Julian Day	2459213.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1463°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	178.45°

🪷 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 (24.1463°), declination -23.14°, EoT -2.80 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: 2020-12-30 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)