पञ्चाङ्ग — Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) · March 18, 485 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: प्रदोष व्रत — Pradoṣa Vrata
Twilight worship of Śiva on Trayodaśī.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 11.12 · Chapter 11 · विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · Viśvarūpa-Darśana-Yoga
दिवि सूर्यसहस्रस्य भवेद्युगपदुत्थिता।

यदि भाः सदृशी सा स्याद्भासस्तस्य महात्मनः।।11.12।।
"11.12 Could a thousand suns blaze forth together it would be but a faint reflection of the radiance of the Lord God." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 11.12's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: -427
Śaka Saṁvat: -562
Bengali Saṁvat: -1077
Malayalam Era: -1308
Nanakshahi: -1953
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Trayodaśī (13/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Uttara Phalgunī Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vyāghāta
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya8.23°MeṣaAśvinī P3
चन्द्र Candra158.92°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala115.40°KarkaĀśleṣā P3
बुध Budha11.32°MeṣaAśvinī P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati245.42°DhanuMūla P2
शुक्र Śukra17.20°MeṣaBharaṇī P2
शनि Śani284.53°MakaraŚravaṇa P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:05 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:09 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:07 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)15:44 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)04:36 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)12 Hours 03 Mins 26 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)11 Hours 56 Mins 34 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:29 – 05:17
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:05 – 06:05
Abhijit Muhūrta11:43 – 12:31
Vijaya Muhūrta14:07 – 14:56
Godhūli Muhūrta17:57 – 18:21
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:09 – 18:39
Amṛta Kāla17:54 – 19:39
Niśīta Muhūrta23:43 – 00:31

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla07:36 – 09:06
Yamaganda10:36 – 12:07
Gulika Kāla13:37 – 15:08
Varjyam06:35 – 06:55
Dur Muhūrta 08:54 – 09:18

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Utpāta (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: undefined (tropical)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Tropical Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

⭐ 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 · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:05 – 07:36 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla07:36 – 09:06 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:06 – 10:36 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:36 – 12:07 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:07 – 13:37 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:37 – 15:08 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:08 – 16:38 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta16:38 – 18:09 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala18:09 – 19:38 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha19:38 – 21:08 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:08 – 22:37 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:37 – 00:07 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:07 – 01:36 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:36 – 03:06 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:06 – 04:36 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala04:36 – 06:05 (neutral)

🌐 Coordinates

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

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 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 Year2618 · Kali-2618
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)955888.27 · 2617.1 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day1544353.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)-10.8437° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)150.70° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 13/30)
🪷 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 (-10.8437°) · declination -1.04° · EoT -8.76 min · city civil-time localizationLineage: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:-0484-03-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)