पञ्चाङ्ग — Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · August 7, 483 BCE

🕉️ 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
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🪷 आज: सिंह सङ्क्रान्ति — Siṁha Saṅkrānti
Sun enters Leo.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 17.2 · Chapter 17 · श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · Śraddhā-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
श्री भगवानुवाचत्रिविधा भवति श्रद्धा देहिनां सा स्वभावजा।सात्त्विकी राजसी चैव तामसी चेति तां श्रृणु।।17.2।।
"17.2 Lord Shri Krishna replied: Man has an inherent faith in one or another of the Qualities -Purity, Passion and Ignorance. Now listen." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 17.2's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: -425
Śaka Saṁvat: -560
Bengali Saṁvat: -1075
Malayalam Era: -1306
Nanakshahi: -1951
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Caturdaśī (29/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Siddha
करण (Karaṇa)Śakuni
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya143.29°SiṃhaPūrva Phalgunī P3
चन्द्र Candra125.91°SiṃhaMaghā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala200.11°TulāViśākhā P1
बुध Budha128.29°SiṃhaMaghā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati302.59°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3
शुक्र Śukra107.11°KarkaĀśleṣā P1
शनि Śani302.60°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:26 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:41 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:04 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)04:09 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)17:39 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 14 Mins 34 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 45 Mins 26 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta03:40 – 04:33
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:20 – 05:26
Abhijit Muhūrta11:37 – 12:30
Vijaya Muhūrta14:16 – 15:09
Godhūli Muhūrta18:29 – 18:53
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:41 – 19:14
Amṛta Kāla18:26 – 20:11
Niśīta Muhūrta23:37 – 00:30

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:24 – 12:04
Yamaganda15:22 – 17:02
Gulika Kāla07:06 – 08:45
Varjyam05:59 – 06:21
Dur Muhūrta 08:32 – 08:58

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Kāladaṇḍa (Inauspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ 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 Chala05:26 – 07:06 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:06 – 08:45 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta08:45 – 10:24 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:24 – 12:04 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:04 – 13:43 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:43 – 15:22 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:22 – 17:02 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala17:02 – 18:41 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:41 – 20:02 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg20:02 – 21:22 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:22 – 22:43 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:43 – 00:04 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:04 – 01:24 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:24 – 02:45 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha02:45 – 04:06 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:06 – 05:26 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 25.3176°
Longitude: 82.9739°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 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 Year2620 · Kali-2620
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)956760.27 · 2619.5 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day1545225.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)-10.8103° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)342.62° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 29/30)
🪷 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 (-10.8103°) · declination 17.06° · EoT -5.48 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:-0482-08-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)