पञ्चाङ्ग — Kedārnāth · January 25, 2024 CE

🪷 आज: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 4.38 · Chapter 4 · ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग · Jñāna-Karma-Sannyāsa-Yoga
न हि ज्ञानेन सदृशं पवित्रमिह विद्यते।

तत्स्वयं योगसंसिद्धः कालेनात्मनि विन्दति।।4.38।।
"4.38 There is nothing in the world so purifying as wisdom; and he who is a perfect saint finds that at last in his own Self." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 4.38's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2081 Piṅgala
Śaka Saṁvat: 1946 Krodhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1431
Malayalam Era: 1200
Nanakshahi: 555
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Pūrṇimā (15/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 1
योग (Yoga)Prīti
करण (Karaṇa)Viṣṭi
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya280.35°MakaraŚravaṇa P1
चन्द्र Candra92.38°KarkaPunarvasu P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala260.86°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
बुध Budha259.14°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati12.47°MeṣaAśvinī P4
शुक्र Śukra247.55°DhanuMūla P3
शनि Śani311.56°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:09 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:43 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:26 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:59 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)06:49 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 33 Mins 11 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 26 Mins 49 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:45 – 06:27
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:17 – 07:09
Abhijit Muhūrta12:05 – 12:47
Vijaya Muhūrta14:12 – 14:54
Godhūli Muhūrta17:31 – 17:55
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:43 – 18:09
Amṛta Kāla17:28 – 19:13
Niśīta Muhūrta00:05 – 00:47

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:45 – 15:04
Yamaganda07:09 – 08:29
Gulika Kāla09:48 – 11:07
Varjyam07:36 – 07:53
Dur Muhūrta 09:37 – 09:58

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Mātaṇga (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha07:09 – 08:29 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:29 – 09:48 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:48 – 11:07 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:07 – 12:26 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:26 – 13:45 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:45 – 15:04 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:04 – 16:23 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:23 – 17:43 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta17:43 – 19:23 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:23 – 21:04 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:04 – 22:45 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:45 – 00:26 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:26 – 02:07 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:07 – 03:48 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:48 – 05:29 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:29 – 07:09 (auspicious)

Coordinates

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

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Pūrṇimā + Puṣya alignment also occurred on:
-3137-10-04Mahābhārata Day 1 (Bhagavad Gītā delivered) (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)
-0562-04-11Bhagavān Buddha's birth at Lumbinī (same Śukla Pūrṇimā)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5125
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871869.27
Julian Day2460334.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1892°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)173.08°
🪷 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 (24.1892°), declination -19.12°, EoT -12.31 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: 2024-01-25 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)