पञ्चाङ्ग — Sabarimalā (Ayyappa) · March 9, 2017 CE

🪷 आज: कुम्भ सङ्क्रान्ति — Kumbha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Aquarius; Kumbha-māsa begins.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 13.2 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाचइदं शरीरं कौन्तेय क्षेत्रमित्यभिधीयते।एतद्यो वेत्ति तं प्राहुः क्षेत्रज्ञ इति तद्विदः।।13.2।।
"13.2 Lord Shri Krishna replied: O Arjuna! The body of man is the playground of the Self; and That which knows the activities of Matter, sages call the Self." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.2's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Phālguna (Phālguna Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2074 Sādhāraṇa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1939 Hemalambī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1424
Malayalam Era: 1193
Nanakshahi: 548
Solar Month: Kumbha (Māsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Dvādaśī (12/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Śobhana
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya324.57°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
चन्द्र Candra100.65°KarkaPuṣya P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala4.94°MeṣaAśvinī P2
बुध Budha326.11°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati177.13°KanyāCitrā P2
शुक्र Śukra348.46°MīnaRevatī P1
शनि Śani242.87°DhanuMūla P1

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:33 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:33 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:33 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:22 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)03:53 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 00 Mins 48 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 59 Mins 12 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:56 – 05:45
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:32 – 06:33
Abhijit Muhūrta12:09 – 12:57
Vijaya Muhūrta14:33 – 15:21
Godhūli Muhūrta18:21 – 18:45
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:33 – 19:03
Amṛta Kāla18:18 – 20:03
Niśīta Muhūrta00:09 – 00:57

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla14:03 – 15:33
Yamaganda06:33 – 08:03
Gulika Kāla09:33 – 11:03
Varjyam07:03 – 07:22
Dur Muhūrta 09:21 – 09:45

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: Śiśira (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 Śubha06:33 – 08:03 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:03 – 09:33 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:33 – 11:03 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:03 – 12:33 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:33 – 14:03 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta14:03 – 15:33 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:33 – 17:03 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha17:03 – 18:33 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:33 – 20:03 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla20:03 – 21:33 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:33 – 23:03 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga23:03 – 00:33 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:33 – 02:03 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:03 – 03:33 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:33 – 05:03 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:03 – 06:33 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 9.4376°
Longitude: 77.0808°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

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

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869356.27
Julian Day2457821.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0931°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)136.45°
🪷 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 (24.0931°), declination -4.49°, EoT -11.28 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: 2017-03-09 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)