पञ्चाङ्ग — Kedārnāth · March 7, 2012 CE

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अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 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 2.18 · Chapter 2 · सांख्ययोग · Sāṅkhya-Yoga
अन्तवन्त इमे देहा नित्यस्योक्ताः शरीरिणः।

अनाशिनोऽप्रमेयस्य तस्माद्युध्यस्व भारत।।2.18।।
"2.18 The material bodies which this Eternal, Indestructible, Immeasurable Spirit inhabits are all finite. Therefore fight, O Valiant Man!" — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 2.18's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2069 Viśvāvasu
Śaka Saṁvat: 1934 Nandana
Bengali Saṁvat: 1419
Malayalam Era: 1188
Nanakshahi: 543
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Caturdaśī (14/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya322.85°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P1
चन्द्र Candra124.60°SiṃhaMaghā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala138.15°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P2
बुध Budha340.64°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati13.94°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
शुक्र Śukra7.59°MeṣaAśvinī P3
शनि Śani184.55°TulāCitrā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:34 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:17 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:26 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:41 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:44 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 43 Mins 03 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 16 Mins 57 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:00 – 05:47
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:35 – 06:34
Abhijit Muhūrta12:02 – 12:49
Vijaya Muhūrta14:23 – 15:10
Godhūli Muhūrta18:05 – 18:29
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:17 – 18:46
Amṛta Kāla18:02 – 19:47
Niśīta Muhūrta00:02 – 00:49

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:26 – 13:53
Yamaganda08:02 – 09:30
Gulika Kāla10:58 – 12:26
Varjyam07:03 – 07:22
Dur Muhūrta 09:18 – 09:41

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

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

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha06:34 – 08:02 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta08:02 – 09:30 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla09:30 – 10:58 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:58 – 12:26 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:26 – 13:53 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg13:53 – 15:21 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:21 – 16:49 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha16:49 – 18:17 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg18:17 – 19:49 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala19:49 – 21:21 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:21 – 22:53 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta22:53 – 00:26 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:26 – 01:58 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:58 – 03:30 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga03:30 – 05:02 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg05:02 – 06:34 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 30.7352°
Longitude: 79.0669°
Timezone: UTC+5.5
Elevation: 3583 m

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 Cosmic Time — Where This Moment Sits in the Mahāyuga

These five values anchor today within the Sūrya-Siddhānta time-architecture. Kali Year counts from the Kali-epoch (18 Feb 3102 BCE · midnight Ujjain · when Krishna's mortal-form departed). Ahargaṇa is the day-count since that epoch — the canonical time-coordinate used by every Vedic computation on this substrate. Julian Day is the astronomical universal day-number (continuous · no calendar discontinuities). Ayanāṁśa is the angular offset between sidereal (rāśi-based · the Vedic frame) and tropical (equinox-based) coordinates · currently growing at ~50.29″/year as Earth's axis precesses. Sun-Moon angle determines the tithi (0-360° elongation / 12° per tithi).

Kali Year5113 · Kali-5113
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1867528.27 · 5113.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2455993.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0231° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)161.03° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 14/30)
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate:Vidhyamitra Sūrya-SiddhāntaMethod:Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equationTier-2 localization:spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanāṁśa (24.0231°) · declination -5.18° · EoT -11.77 min · verified ±1 min vs DrikpanchangLineage:Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Maitreya → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara I → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Jyeṣṭhadeva → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrateAccess:Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed (the bhakta's sole niṣkāma-karma-sevā)Computed for:2012-03-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)