पञ्चाङ्ग — Kedārnāth · July 20, 2016 CE

🕉️ Sapta-Mokṣa-Puri · Localize for your Pīṭha
अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
?format=json (for AI agents · structured JSON envelope)
🪷 आज: कर्क सङ्क्रान्ति — Karka Saṅkrānti (Dakṣiṇāyana)
Sun enters Cancer; Dakṣiṇāyana (south-going) begins. Devatā-rātri begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.26 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
यतो यतो निश्चरति मनश्चञ्चलमस्थिरम्।

ततस्ततो नियम्यैतदात्मन्येव वशं नयेत्।।6.26।।
"6.26 When the volatile and wavering mind would wander, let him restrain it and bring it again to its allegiance to the Self." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.26's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Śrāvaṇa (Śrāvaṇa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Karkaṭa (Āḍi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Āṣāḍhā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Bālava
वार (Vāra)Budhavāra (Wednesday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya93.69°KarkaPuṣya P1
चन्द्र Candra274.59°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala211.45°VṛścikaViśākhā P4
बुध Budha107.42°KarkaAśleṣā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati145.27°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P4
शुक्र Śukra105.32°KarkaPuṣya P4
शनि Śani225.97°VṛścikaAnurādhā P4

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:24 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)19:16 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:20 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)19:12 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)05:35 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 51 Mins 51 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 08 Mins 09 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:33 – 04:28
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:14 – 05:24
Abhijit Muhūrta11:52 – 12:47
Vijaya Muhūrta14:38 – 15:34
Godhūli Muhūrta19:04 – 19:28
Sāyāhna Sandhyā19:16 – 19:50
Amṛta Kāla19:01 – 20:46
Niśīta Muhūrta23:52 – 00:47

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla12:20 – 14:04
Yamaganda07:08 – 08:52
Gulika Kāla10:36 – 12:20
Varjyam05:58 – 06:21
Dur Muhūrta 08:38 – 09:06

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)
Candra Vāsa: South-East
Rāhu Vāsa: South-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Saumya (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
Vedic Ṛtu: Grīṣma (Summer)
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):
Mithuna · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Makara · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Labha05:24 – 07:08 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta07:08 – 08:52 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla08:52 – 10:36 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha10:36 – 12:20 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga12:20 – 14:04 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg14:04 – 15:48 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala15:48 – 17:32 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha17:32 – 19:16 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg19:16 – 20:32 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala20:32 – 21:48 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha21:48 – 23:04 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta23:04 – 00:20 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla00:20 – 01:36 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha01:36 – 02:52 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga02:52 – 04:08 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg04:08 – 05:24 (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 Year5118 · Kali-5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869124.27 · 5117.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2457589.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)24.0842° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)180.20° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 16/30)
🪷 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 (24.0842°) · declination 20.61° · EoT -5.99 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:2016-07-20 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)