पञ्चाङ्ग — Badarīnāth · February 15, 2022 CE

🪷 आज: होलिका दहन — Holikā Dahana
Burning of Holikā; Prahlāda saved by Hari. Eve of Holi.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 4.30 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
अपरे नियताहाराः प्राणान्प्राणेषु जुह्वति।

सर्वेऽप्येते यज्ञविदो यज्ञक्षपितकल्मषाः।।4.30।।
"4.30 Others, controlling their diet, sacrifice their worldly life to the spiritual fire. All understand the principal of sacrifice, and by its means their sins are washed away." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.30's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2079 Rākṣasa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1944 Śubhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1429
Malayalam Era: 1198
Nanakshahi: 553
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Saubhāgya
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya302.17°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
चन्द्र Candra102.86°KarkaPuṣya P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala261.29°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
बुध Budha275.63°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati316.34°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P3
शुक्र Śukra261.42°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
शनि Śani293.05°MakaraŚravaṇa P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:54 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:00 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:27 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:21 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:58 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 06 Mins 11 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 53 Mins 49 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:25 – 06:09
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:58 – 06:54
Abhijit Muhūrta12:04 – 12:49
Vijaya Muhūrta14:18 – 15:02
Godhūli Muhūrta17:48 – 18:12
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:00 – 18:27
Amṛta Kāla17:45 – 19:30
Niśīta Muhūrta00:04 – 00:49

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:13 – 16:36
Yamaganda09:40 – 11:03
Gulika Kāla12:27 – 13:50
Varjyam07:21 – 07:39
Dur Muhūrta 09:29 – 09:51

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga06:54 – 08:17 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg08:17 – 09:40 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:40 – 11:03 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha11:03 – 12:27 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:27 – 13:50 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:50 – 15:13 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:13 – 16:36 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:36 – 18:00 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:00 – 19:36 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:36 – 21:13 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:13 – 22:50 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:50 – 00:27 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:27 – 02:03 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha02:03 – 03:40 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:40 – 05:17 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla05:17 – 06:54 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5123
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871160.27
Julian Day2459625.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1621°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)159.83°
🪷 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 (24.1621°), declination -12.74°, EoT -14.57 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: 2022-02-15 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)