पञ्चाङ्ग — Badarīnāth · December 16, 2022 CE

🪷 आज: कालभैरव अष्टमी — Kālabhairava Aṣṭamī
Kālabhairava's manifestation; Kāśī-kṣetrapāla.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 13.7 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
इच्छा द्वेषः सुखं दुःखं सङ्घातश्चेतनाधृतिः।एतत्क्षेत्रं समासेन सविकारमुदाहृतम्।।13.7।।
"13.7 Desire, aversion, pleasure, pain, sympathy, vitality and the persistent clinging to life, these are in brief the constituents of changing Matter." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.7's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2079 Rākṣasa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1944 Śubhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1429
Malayalam Era: 1198
Nanakshahi: 553
Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya239.87°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P4
चन्द्र Candra146.12°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala48.73°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
बुध Budha258.71°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati335.46°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
शुक्र Śukra252.90°DhanuMūla P4
शनि Śani296.86°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā 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)23:41 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)12:05 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 09 Mins 58 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 50 Mins 02 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:42 – 06:23
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:12 – 07:03
Abhijit Muhūrta11:48 – 12:29
Vijaya Muhūrta13:50 – 14:31
Godhūli Muhūrta17:01 – 17:25
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:13 – 17:39
Amṛta Kāla16:58 – 18:43
Niśīta Muhūrta23:48 – 00:29

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:52 – 12:08
Yamaganda14:41 – 15:57
Gulika Kāla08:20 – 09:36
Varjyam07:29 – 07:45
Dur Muhūrta 09:26 – 09:46

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Prajāpati (Auspicious)
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 · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala07:03 – 08:20 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha08:20 – 09:36 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:36 – 10:52 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:52 – 12:08 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:08 – 13:25 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:25 – 14:41 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg14:41 – 15:57 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala15:57 – 17:13 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga17:13 – 18:57 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg18:57 – 20:41 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala20:41 – 22:25 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:25 – 00:08 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:08 – 01:52 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:52 – 03:36 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:36 – 05:20 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga05:20 – 07:03 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5124
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871464.27
Julian Day2459929.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1737°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)269.71°
🪷 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 (24.1737°), declination -23.30°, EoT 3.72 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: 2022-12-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)