पञ्चाङ्ग — Badarīnāth · December 18, 2022 CE

🪷 आज: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 13.9 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
इन्द्रियार्थेषु वैराग्यमनहङ्कार एव च।जन्ममृत्युजराव्याधिदुःखदोषानुदर्शनम्।।13.9।।
"13.9 Renunciation of the delights of sense, absence of pride, right understanding of the painful problem of birth and death, of age and sickness;" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.9's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

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

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Daśamī (25/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Citrā Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya241.91°DhanuMūla P1
चन्द्र Candra171.28°KanyāHasta P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala48.06°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P3
बुध Budha261.31°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati335.62°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
शुक्र Śukra255.41°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P1
शनि Śani297.03°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:04 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:14 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:09 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)01:39 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:15 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 09 Mins 32 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 50 Mins 28 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:43 – 06:24
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:14 – 07:04
Abhijit Muhūrta11:49 – 12:30
Vijaya Muhūrta13:51 – 14:31
Godhūli Muhūrta17:02 – 17:26
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:14 – 17:39
Amṛta Kāla16:59 – 18:44
Niśīta Muhūrta23:49 – 00:30

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:58 – 17:14
Yamaganda12:09 – 13:25
Gulika Kāla14:42 – 15:58
Varjyam07:30 – 07:46
Dur Muhūrta 09:27 – 09:47

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:04 – 08:21 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:21 – 09:37 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:37 – 10:53 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:53 – 12:09 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla12:09 – 13:25 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:25 – 14:42 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:42 – 15:58 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:58 – 17:14 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha17:14 – 18:58 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:58 – 20:42 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:42 – 22:25 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:25 – 00:09 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha00:09 – 01:53 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:53 – 03:37 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:37 – 05:21 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:21 – 07:04 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5124
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871466.27
Julian Day2459931.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1738°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)292.06°
🪷 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 (24.1738°), declination -23.38°, EoT 2.79 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: 2022-12-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)