पञ्चाङ्ग — Badarīnāth · March 21, 2028 CE

🪷 आज: पापमोचनी एकादशी — Pāpamocanī Ekādaśī
Removes mahā-pātakas (great sins).

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 8.5 · Chapter 8 · अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
अन्तकाले च मामेव स्मरन्मुक्त्वा कलेवरम्।

यः प्रयाति स मद्भावं याति नास्त्यत्र संशयः।।8.5।।
"8.5 Whosoever at the time of death thinks only of Me, and thinking thus leaves the body and goes forth, assuredly he will know Me." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 8.5's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Caitra (Caitra Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2085 Durmati
Śaka Saṁvat: 1950 Kīlaka
Bengali Saṁvat: 1435
Malayalam Era: 1204
Nanakshahi: 559
Solar Month: Mīna (Paṅkuṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī (26/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya336.70°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P2
चन्द्र Candra280.63°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala336.28°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
बुध Budha317.23°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati147.10°SiṃhaUttara Phalgunī P1
शुक्र Śukra22.40°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
शनि Śani2.92°MeṣaAśvinī P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:15 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:25 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:20 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)03:20 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)13:51 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 09 Mins 33 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 50 Mins 27 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:38 – 05:26
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:14 – 06:15
Abhijit Muhūrta11:56 – 12:44
Vijaya Muhūrta14:21 – 15:10
Godhūli Muhūrta18:13 – 18:37
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:25 – 18:55
Amṛta Kāla18:10 – 19:55
Niśīta Muhūrta23:56 – 00:44

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:22 – 16:53
Yamaganda09:17 – 10:49
Gulika Kāla12:20 – 13:51
Varjyam06:45 – 07:05
Dur Muhūrta 09:05 – 09:30

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: North
Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter)
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 Roga06:15 – 07:46 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg07:46 – 09:17 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala09:17 – 10:49 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha10:49 – 12:20 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta12:20 – 13:51 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla13:51 – 15:22 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha15:22 – 16:53 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga16:53 – 18:25 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla18:25 – 19:53 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha19:53 – 21:22 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga21:22 – 22:51 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg22:51 – 00:20 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala00:20 – 01:49 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha01:49 – 03:17 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta03:17 – 04:46 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla04:46 – 06:15 (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 Year5129
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1873386.27
Julian Day2461851.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.2472°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)301.60°
🪷 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 (24.2472°), declination 0.38°, EoT -7.84 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: 2028-03-21 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)