पञ्चाङ्ग — Sabarimalā (Ayyappa) · December 16, 2022 CE

Also observed today

वृश्चिक सङ्क्रान्ति · Vṛścika SaṅkrāntiPan-Hindu

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 13.7 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga

इच्छा द्वेषः सुखं दुःखं सङ्घातश्चेतनाधृतिः।एतत्क्षेत्रं समासेन सविकारमुदाहृतम्।।13.7।।

"13.7 Desire, aversion, pleasure, pain, sympathy, vitality and the persistent clinging to life, these are in brief the constituents of changing Matter." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 13.7's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Mārgaśīrṣa (Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2079 Rākṣasa

Śaka Saṁvat: 1944 Śubhakṛt

Bengali Saṁvat: 1429

Malayalam Era: 1198

Nanakshahi: 553

Solar Month: Vṛścika (Kārttikai)

Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī (23/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Uttara Phalgunī Pada 1
योग (Yoga)	Āyuṣmān
करण (Karaṇa)	Bālava
वार (Vāra)	Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	239.87°	Vṛścika	Jyeṣṭhā P4
चन्द्र Candra	146.12°	Siṃha	Pūrva Phalgunī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala	48.73°	Vṛṣabha	Rohiṇī P3
बुध Budha	258.71°	Dhanu	Pūrva Āṣāḍhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati	335.46°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P1
शुक्र Śukra	252.90°	Dhanu	Mūla P4
शनि Śani	296.86°	Makara	Dhaniṣṭhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	06:31 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	18:05 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:18 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	23:58 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)	12:08 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	11 Hours 34 Mins 31 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	12 Hours 25 Mins 29 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	04:58 – 05:44
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	05:33 – 06:31
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:55 – 12:41
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:14 – 15:00
Godhūli Muhūrta	17:53 – 18:17
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	18:05 – 18:34
Amṛta Kāla	17:50 – 19:35
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:55 – 00:41

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	10:51 – 12:18
Yamaganda	15:12 – 16:38
Gulika Kāla	07:58 – 09:24
Varjyam	07:00 – 07:18
Dur Muhūrta	09:13 – 09:36

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)

Candra Vāsa: West

Rāhu Vāsa: South-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Prajāpati (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter) (Drik)

Vedic Ṛtu: Śarad (Autumn)

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):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala	06:31 – 07:58 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha	07:58 – 09:24 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta	09:24 – 10:51 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla	10:51 – 12:18 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha	12:18 – 13:45 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga	13:45 – 15:12 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg	15:12 – 16:38 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala	16:38 – 18:05 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga	18:05 – 19:38 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg	19:38 – 21:12 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala	21:12 – 22:45 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha	22:45 – 00:18 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta	00:18 – 01:51 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla	01:51 – 03:24 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha	03:24 – 04:58 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga	04:58 – 06:31 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 9.4376°

Longitude: 77.0808°

Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Śukra Walk (शुक्र यात्रा)

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī + Uttara Phalgunī alignment also occurred on:

-3226-07-09 — Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5124
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1871464.27
Julian Day	2459929.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.1737°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	269.71°

🪷 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 (24.1737°), declination -23.30°, EoT 3.72 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: 2022-12-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)